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Jess Kelly: Looking on the (Mr) Bright Side

The way we consume music may have changed over the years but tech and songs remain interlinked

‘The way we consume music may have changed over the years but tech and songs remain interlinked.’ Picture: James Leynse

A few years back, Brandon Flowers of the Killers wrote an email to Bono with the subject line: ‘Have All the Songs Been Written?’. Flowers was battling a bit of writer’s block and, true to form as a creative person, he turned that back and forth via email into a song of the same name.

There are several things I like about this entire exchange. First, it’s good to know that the greats go through ...