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 whose Instagram profile picture is suspiciously

decades old, or else a scrappy upstart, whose Twitch avatar is just a creepy guy Fox mask,

this is your show, because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most,

an ironclad excuse to put off actually writing.

Hey, everybody, it's the first Friday of May 2021, and I thank you for joining us.

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