Hi. 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 still making

beats on a vintage Roland 808, or else a scrappy up start, making beats by simply feeding a prompt into AI.

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