Evan Lowenstein of Evan and Jaron checked in with fans on Sunday (August 24) after posting the new song ‘Amanda Lynne’ on the sibling duo’s MySpace page. The track is the 48th song posted in their ’52 Sundays’ project, where they’ve been releasing a new song every Sunday on their MySpace page. Evan writes:
Every songwriting session starts with a little socializing. If you know the person you’re writing with, it’s more of a catch up sesh. If you don’t know the person, it’s about getting to know them… heck, you’re about to get really intimate with them and share personal information, you better feel comfortable!
A typical writing session for me consists of myself and another writer. On a rare occasion we’ll have three people. Sometimes we’ll go hip-hop and have a party–4 writers. I’ve done that a few times and it’s actually quite fun.
“Amanda Lynne” is the result of one of those “party sessions”. The upside, of course, is when you’re ready to demo the song at the end, you have a choir of people to sing on the song.
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