We were lucky to catch up with Logan Bowden recently and have shared our conversation below.

Logan, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

I started learning guitar and songwriting at age 14. I was really inspired by iron and wine, Damien rice and the whole folk revival thing that was happening in 2008. I kept playing performing and writing for many years and In 2015 I decided to sell my motorcycle to record a record in Nashville. It ended up being a disaster because I didn’t understand what I wanted things to sound like. From that experience I decided that I was going to do everything myself. All of the instruments, production, engineering. I am one class away from my masters. I released a few records and then got my masters in recording arts a few years later!

Logan, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Logan Bowden and I’m a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. I have one more class to get my masters in recording arts and technologies from MTSU. I’ve been slowing releasing music over the past 7 years and I’ve been building up a recording studio up in the mountains of Washington State. I do everything that I do DIY from the production, performance, to the mixing and mastering. The studio is surrounded by old growth pine trees and borders national forest. Wild deer and wildlife frequent the studio and can be seen via the large windows. The people that have come here in the past to have their record recorded have said that the area deeply inspired and impacted them. There’s a call for peace out here that a lot of artists crave. The studio is now packed with everything you would need to record an incredible record. Numerous vintage acoustic guitars, preamps, microphones and so on.

My specialty is soft folk music/ singer songwriters. I know the world well and the people that come here are normally looking for their records to be fleshed out with light percussion, vocal arrangements, old sounding drums and the overall feel of artists like Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov, band of horses, iron and wine and so on.

My most recent project “The National Forest” was started as a way to keep myself accountable in writing and releasing. I so often am critical of my own work and the idea of releasing music for the fun of it was the birth of “the national forest”. The song “Don’t Go Away” I am the most proud of now for being the most polished track I’ve created.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My favorite artists are the ones that make you feel something profound and deep. Bon iver does a great job of creating this sort of feeling. In my own productions and writing, I aim to tell stories and situations that apply to people that are struggling in love. So many times in my life, I’ve been comforted by the sounds and stories of Love through musical artists. If my work could bring peace to someone struggling, I would feel like I did my job.

Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?

When thinking about staying creative, Elizabeth Gilbert’s talks and writings in books like “Big Magic” were absolutely monumental for me. I used to struggle with writers block and creative distress as a teen.. waiting for a song to come to me. Her writings talk more about the process of showing up for creativity and hoping. This simple act of showing up and trying to write, has changed my entire process.

Contact Info:

• Website: Loganbowden.com
• Instagram: @_loganbowden
• Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/c/LoganBowden

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Logan Bowden