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Fuel/Friends: Do you specifically emphasize regional or local music in setting the West Texas feel? the Gourds, Explosions in the Sky or are you going for an overall atmosphere of folks American Catapult, AA Bondy, or Ryan Adams who aren’t from Texas, but feel like they could be?

Liza Richardson: I do try to focus on Texas music, I mean I went to college at SMU in Dallas and I was in radio for four years after college in Dallas – that’s where I learned to DJ, that’s where I started really learning about music and I’ve brought that to my work with Friday Night Lights, happily. But there’s so much music like Townes Van Zandt and Roky Erickson, two examples of musicians that I’m fanatical about but have never been able to convince everyone about. Song selection is a process, and I’m not the boss — I present ideas and they get chosen by editors and directors. So I really do try, but ultimately it’s up to them and they’re gonna pick what feels good and what feels right for the show. There’s a wider audience than Texas.

via The musical brilliance of Friday Night Lights | Fuel/Friends Music Blog.