“Words + Music In 6 Seconds Deck by Dan Wilson” - This deck of 75 cards provides a unique and inspiring look inside the art of songwriting and collaboration. Written and designed by the Grammy-winning hit songwriter and producer Dan Wilson, the deck distills his insights from nearly 30 years of writing, performing, and collaborating with the world’s most prominent musical artists. Each individual card contains a brief and inspiring piece of advice for songwriters, musicians, and other creative people. The deck is a beautiful and practical gift for the songwriter or other creative artist in your life. A must-have for the aspiring songwriter in your life, this 75-card deck, written and designed by Grammy-winning hitmaker and Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson, is chock-full of useful advice on creativity, collaboration and more. Stuck on how to move forward with a song-in-progress? Reach for a random card and see where it takes you, or keep flipping through until inspiration strikes. Wilson has plenty of wisdom to share, such as: “Even the greatest, most brilliant songwriters can’t force a song to happen. They all have to surrender to the process, one way or the other.” ―Scott Russell --Paste Magazine The Semisonic frontman and co-writer of Adele and Chicks hits turned his popular series of Instagram video snippets into a 74-card deck featuring short, inspirational messages to spark creativity for other tunesmiths and writers. --Minneapolis Star Tribune Dan Wilson is a Grammy-winning musician, songwriter, producer and visual artist. His songwriting resume includes several modern classics: “Closing Time,” which he wrote for his band, Semisonic; “Not Ready to Make Nice,” co-written with the Dixie Chicks and a Song of the Year Grammy winner; "Someone Like You," which he co-wrote with Adele and produced, earning him an Album of the Year Grammy; and “Home,” co-written with Dierks Bentley, a country radio #1 hit and ACM Award nominee. Dan’s reputation as a songwriting master has brought him a diverse list of collaborators including Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Pink, Halsey, Mitski, Chris Stapleton, Phantogram, Weezer, Celine Dion, John Legend, Leon Bridges and many more. On June 26, 2020, Semisonic released their first single in nearly 20 years titled "You're Not Alone," followed by an EP of the same name on September 18, 2020. In addition to three studio albums with Semisonic, Dan has released three solo albums: Free Life (2007) Love Without Fear (2014), and Re-Covered (2017), a collection of his reinterpretations of songs he wrote with other artists. It was released as a 56-page book/CD featuring his illustrations, songwriting observations and stories from the sessions which yielded the Re-Covered songs. Between 2018 and 2020, Dan released solo-artist singles in lieu of a full album. According to Dan, “I fell in love with the idea of just letting songs out into the world when they happen.” Dan has also created a unique online series of songwriting and collaboration advice titled Words & Music in Six Seconds. The series can be found on Instagram: #wordsandmusicinsixseconds. In October 2020, Dan released the Words + Music in 6 Seconds deck, a collection of cards written and designed by Dan based on his Instagram series.