The Young at Heart Chorus, from North Hampton, MA. When you’re a young songwriter there are certain dreams you have; performing live on the Grammies, Wembly, meeting your idols, etc.
When you get beyond 30 - hopefully - you get beyond those to bigger dreams; moving people with your music, saving a life with your words, imparting some bit of life’s lessons, or even just bringing a smile.
But at some point, a songwriter matures and starts thinking about what their songs could sound like through the bellows of a different performer. You start to wonder about what someone else could do bringing a new context to your words. Watch the video below through to the end, you’ll see what I mean.
In the business of art we get tightly wound up in the perils of thinking that youth is a metal stronger than wisdom. Maybe what we truly should remember is that feeling is a scion more precious than ambition.
Nothing illustrates this better than the Young at Heart Chorus. Watch this video and see what I mean. Watch it all the way through; if you still have dry eyes maybe you should re-evaluate your approach to your craft, if not your future.

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