Inspired by the podcast Song Exploder, I created this short audio piece to tell the story of how “Aw, Heck,” the finale number in Know No Stranger’s original musical Heck Above Deck, came to be.
I gave the three contributors (including myself) a number of prompts about their creative processes. They recorded voice memos of their answers which I edited together into a cohesive sequence. I then inserted bits of early demos and isolated tracks to accompany what’s being described.
