Just discovered what I think is a fairly new blog on the New York Times’ website. Measure for Measure: How to Write a Song and Other Mysteries is cool. I loved reading Suzanne Vega’s story of the song, Luka. The authors of the blog are Suzanne Vega, Roseanne Cash, Andrew Bird, and Darrell Brown.

With music now available with a single, offhand click, it’s easy to forget that songs are not born whole, polished and ready to play. They are created by artists who draw on some combination of craft, skill and inspiration. In the coming weeks, the contributors to this blog — all accomplished songwriters — will pull back the curtain on the creative process as they write about their work on a songs in the making.