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,

waiting on your quarterly ASCAP check to buy a BMW or else,

a scrappy upstart waiting on Uber to deposit your earnings

so that you can buy three bean and cheese burritos from Taco Bell this is your show

because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most

an ironclad excuse to put off actually writing Hey guys it's the last Friday of January 2019 happy

new year. Thank you for joining us. I hope your new year's going well. Mine's going great.

I'm happy to tell you that my new record went to Mastering this week.

So a process that began two januaries ago, two years ago, with Kenneth Patengale producing it,

has come to an end creatively.

And I'm really excited for you to hear it.

We're going to sort out what we think will be the best way to

release it and then we will deliver it to you. So, man, it feels good to have that done.

I feel like I can now procrastinate creatively for a couple

months with zero amount of soul-crushing guilt, so that'll be a nice break. I will not however be taking a break from

playing concerts because Papa's got to keep the lights on. So if you would like to hear some of my

music live in the coming months, here's where I'll be.

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