Songwriting 101

Magnetic Fields maestro, Stephin Merritt, was a guest on NPR's All Songs Considered this week. He took part in "Project Song." It's a musical challenge where an artist is given a picture and a word as inspiration and has two days to write and record an original tune.

The picture:
The word: 1974

Go here to watch Mr. 69 Love Songs brainstorm, write, and record...

And here's the song he came up with - Stephin Merritt - A Man of a Million Faces