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Ep. 239: Marcus Mumford (of Mumford & Sons) | 'Catching' Songs + Avoiding Self-Sabotage

Today's guest is a festival headliner, Grammy-winning songwriter, and the architect of a sound that accidentally changed the course of folk, country, and alternative music forever.

From singing as a family around a kitchen table to headlining arenas with banjos and mandolins, Marcus Mumford built something no one saw coming — and has spent years learning not to get in his own way once the stakes got real.

Now, as a solo artist and band leader, he's as honest about the creative process as he is about the pitfalls of ego, overthinking, and the quiet ways success can sabotage itself.

And The Writer Is... Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons!

In this episode of And The Writer Is…, Marcus opens up about:

His theory of "catching" songs rather than forcing them
How Mumford & Sons structured equal ownership to stay together
What Bob Dylan said to him that he wants tattooed on his body
The Pharrell moment that reframed his entire relationship to success
Why showing up — again and again — is the only way judgment is earned
And much more...

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Desert Island Mix: Radiohead

3:00 The Greatest Band of All Time?

7:00 A Hilarious Story About Bob Dylan — His Songwriting Grandfather

11:00 How Mumford & Sons Structured Equal Ownership

13:35 How Mumford & Sons Writes Music

17:00 Where Great Music Comes From

18:35 His Songwriting Ethos: "Catching Fairies"

22:00 Favorite Poetry and Getting Lost in Words Before Writing

23:46 Childhood

25:00 Growing Up in Church

33:50 Why Drummers Make the Best Producers

50:00 Testing Demos on the Road

52:00 Working on His Solo Record

58:00 The Empowering Pharrell Story

1:03:00 The Chris Martin Story

1:05:00 Rapid Fire

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Ep. 264: How Aaron Dessner Became an Industry Favorite and the 3AM Text That Became 'folklore'

Today's guest is a musician's musician who co-founded The National, the Grammy-winning band behind Boxer, High Violet and Sleep Well Beast.He co-wrote and produced Taylor Swift's folklore and evermore...

15 Syys 1h 22min

Ep. 263: Ziggy Marley on Family Rules for Life, Music, and Success

Today's guest is a Grammy-winning songwriter, bandleader and activist who has spent four decades inside the most famous name in reggae — but whose real story isn't the inheritance. It's the set of rul...

8 Syys 1h 3min

And The Update Is...The Industry Mourns Dolly, AI Music, $11 BILLION in Ticket Fees & Ella Langley Takes Over the Charts

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4 Syys 6min

Ep. 262: Ryan Beatty | How to Make It in Music Without Losing Yourself

Today's guest is an artist and songwriter whose career has taken him from teenage YouTube covers to working with Beyoncé, Tyler, The Creator, Brockhampton, Miley Cyrus and Jack Antonoff.But this conve...

1 Syys 1h 6min

Ep. 261: Travis Barker | Survival and Building a Legendary Career out of the Ashes

Today's guest is the drummer who took punk out of the garage, put it on your radio, then on MTV, then on your body. But his real story isn't the discography. It's what he did with everything that was ...

18 Elo 1h 45min

Ep. 260: Role Model | Being Discovered by Mac Miller & How Getting Signed Changed His Music

Today's guest is an artist most people meet through the bit: the deadpan internet, the cowboy suit, the one-sided war he's been waging with Harry Styles for a year that Harry Styles knows nothing abou...

11 Elo 58min

And The Update Is...Suno Loses Copyright Case, Spotify Hits 300M & YouTube Music Dominates

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7 Elo 4min

Ep. 259: Jessi Alexander on Writing "The Climb" The Week She Almost Quit... + What It Takes To Last as a Nashville Songwriter

Today's guest wrote "The Climb." She also wrote "I Drive Your Truck," "Mine Would Be You," "Don't Think Jesus," and "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma." But her real story isn't the hits. It's the ten years b...

4 Elo 1h 27min