With a changing roster of about a dozen, band members effuse about learning from each other and their inclusive collaboration.

Interviewed by Pacific Northwest Chapter at Sasquatch 2013, members of Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros were inspired by progress and teamwork in their musical creativity. Lead singer and co-founder Alex Ebert supplied much of the initial writing and developed the band's signature long-form videos, but as they grew and developed together, so did an emphasis on full collaboration and staying experimental about the creative process. They won a GRAMMY in Best Long Form Video at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012) for Big Easy Express, which they made with Mumford & Sons.

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