Hi, and welcome to the Working Songwriter.

The show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop, I'm your host, Joe Pug.

Each episode here we host a distinguished guest and we ask them to go deep on their inspiration,

on their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran, quantizing snare drum hits by hand in pro tools,

or else, a scrappy upstart.

Just hitting select all and quantizing the whole song in less than a second, this is your show.

As ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most, an iron-clad excuse to put off, actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the first Friday of 2023 and I thank you for joining us.

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