Writing Lessons from a Depressing Music ProjectHey, because this is episode 90 of Rough Draft, let’s do something a little different today. Let’s talk music.

Do you recognize any of these names?
The Antlers
Real Estate
Tune-Yards
M83
Beirut
Wye Oak
Feist
Tom Waits
The Head and the Heart
James Blake
Radiohead

If you do recognize any of those names, then Demian Farnworth can probably predict this about you: you prefer music on the margin over music in the mainstream.

And you had your ear to the ground in 2011.

If you don’t, and prefer the mainstream over the marginal, then you likely recognize at least two names: Tom Waits and Radiohead. Demian will tell you why that’s important in a few minutes.