And the Hello there and welcome once again to the Soda Jacob podcast I'm Simon here with Brian and joining us for

episode 225 is a super gifted award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician,

composer and producer.

As well as writing and producing his own superb records, both solo and collaborative, for decades,

he's written songs for and or with the likes of Demi Lovato, Selina Gomez, Meat Loaf, Jonas Brothers, Hanson, Michelle Branch, and friend of the show, Mike Viola.

His work has also been showcased in Hollywood Blockbusters like Spider-Man and hit TV shows like The Good Place, Shameless, Hemlock Grove, and The Wizards of Waverly Place.

Late last year he released his sixth studio album, Six Tape, a dazzling showcase of his abundant musical on songwriting talents, which was one of our records of the year here at Soderjirker Towers.

We are very happy to welcome the brilliant Blue to the show.

Blue was born William James Macaulay the 3rd in 19th. the in Oak, Virginia as a youth. He claims to have experienced an epiphany and decided there and

then he wanted his life to be in music.

He went on to attend Berkeley College of Music in Boston, where he studied songwriting, and was

first given the nickname Blue on account of his bold hair dying experiments.

His first album Head Room was independently released in 2000 and he subsequently signed to Colombia

making his major label Bower with 2003's Redhead.

The song Somebody Else from that album featured in Sam Ramese's 2002 Spider-Man movie.

Blue's next studio effort, A Watched pot, was recorded for Columbia in 2005, but due to downsizing issues

that Tony didn't actually see the later day till four years later, during which time our guest

relocated from Boston to LA.

He received an Independence Music Award for the self-released fan-funded 4 in 2010

which also won the very first Kickstarter Music Project of the Yirgong.

The more electronica flavored to hell with you,

another fan-funded project dropped in 2013.

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