Episode 114 - Andrew W.K.

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Music, Music Interviews

4.8 • 912 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Andrew W.K. sits down in London with Simon and Brian to talk about his new album You're Not Alone. In this wide-ranging conversation, Andrew describes how his philosophy, his knowledge of music and his instrumental skills inform his approach to writing and recording songs like 'Music Is Worth Living For', 'Party Mindset' and 'You're Not Alone'. The Party God also describes the processes behind some classics from his back catalogue including 'Party Hard' and 'Don't Call Me Andy'.

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0:00.0	And the Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us for episode 114 of So de Jerker on songwriting.
0:24.8	Our guest on the show today is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational
0:30.0	speaker and self-proclaimed living monument to partying.
0:33.6	As this episode reaches you, he's just released his first album of original material in nine years,
0:38.9	entitled You're Not Alone. It's terrific fun, bursting with his unique brand of energy and positivity with a healthy
0:44.9	quotient of really strong tunes to boot. We're delighted to welcome the excellent Andrew
0:49.5	W.K. to the show. We met with Andrew at Sony's well-appointed offices in Kensington, Central London on a brisk afternoon in late January.
0:57.0	We had a blast talking to him, didn't we?
0:59.0	Yeah, I think it's actually one of my favorite interviews we've ever done. He's a real character isn't he?
1:03.7	With a really inspiring approach to life and a lot of interesting thoughts on the
1:07.6	creative process. He also has bicept the size of my head. Andrew Wilk Crea was born in California in 1979 and moved with his family to Michigan when he was four.
1:18.2	He took classical piano lessons from when he was a small child until he entered his teens and from around age 7 he was making up his own tunes and recording them on his parents boombox.
1:27.0	He began his musical career in earnest as a teenager in the mid 90s playing in local punk and metal bands before relocating to New York at the age of 18
1:35.5	having grechristened himself Andrew W.K. he first grabbed attention with his 2000
1:40.3	DP girls own juice and built his reputation playing live along the East Coast while his manager shopped his demo around.
1:46.2	A copy of said demo reached one Dave Grohl, who was sufficiently impressed to invite Andrew to open for the Foo Fighters on tour.
1:53.0	He eventually signed to Ireland Records and came to National and
1:56.0	soon enough international prominence with the release of his debut album I Get Wet in
2:00.5	late 2001 with this infamous cover shot of Andrew bleeding profusely from the nose.
2:05.3	The album sold very well and received positive reviews and his frenetic live shows in support of the
2:10.8	record earned him further notoriety as did the
2:13.6	anthemic single Party Hard. Our guest's second album The Wolf
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