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, busking outside of your local Starbucks with an amplifier

powered by a car battery or else a scrappy upstart, soliciting Venmo donations on an Instagram

live.

This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most and ironclad

excuse to put off, actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the second Friday of August 2022 and I thank you for joining us.

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