Brooke Waggoner - El Obo

Brooke Waggoner

(“bio”) So I had about three versions of things to write here: profound sounding sentences that summed up all my thoughts on being a good songwriter - stories of honing my craft and delivering solid sets of good songs, tales of finding my voice in hopes of becoming a good songwriter. But here's the stark reality of the situation: I am not. I am not a good writer. Because once you admit or feel you are a good writer, all the goodness goes away and a kind of cold confidence takes its place - predictable things happen in your songs and it all feels too well-constructed. People say things like, "he/she knows what ...