Paul McCartney: Smartphones make songwriters less likely to finish songs due to endless idea storage
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Summary
Paul McCartney discusses how modern technology, particularly smartphones and voice note apps, has changed songwriting by making it easier to capture ideas but harder to finish songs. He contrasts this with the pre-digital era when songwriters had to complete songs because there was no place to store unfinished ideas. The article explores the paradox of creative convenience potentially hindering artistic completion.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledYou always had to finish a thing because there was nowhere to put it
Modern technology has fundamentally changed the songwriting process, by making it easier to capture ideas but harder to complete them
Between voice note apps, mobile DAWs and AI assistants capable of generating lyrics and even demos on demand, modern musicians have no shortage of ways to preserve an idea before it disappears
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