As Smart As We Are (aka The Author Project)
On their critically acclaimed album "As Smart As We Are", published authors and writers wrote lyrics on request, which Hearst and Camp then set to music. Some writers wrote basic chord progressions or requested a certain genre for their song to fall under but for the most part Michael and Joshua wrote their own music for the lyrics.
Contributing authors included:
- Jonathan Ames
- Margaret Atwood
- Paul Auster
- Michael Chabon
- Clay McLeod Chapman
- Dave Eggers
- Amy Fusselman
- Neil Gaiman
- Myla Goldberg
- Ben Greenman
- Daniel Handler
- A.M. Homes
- Denis Johnson
- Lawrence Krauser
- Jonathan Lethem
- Rick Moody
- Aaron Naparstek
- Darin Strauss
This provides a large variation in each song's theme, feel, and over all sound. Some lyrics are more poetic, while others tell stories.
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