Episode 287 - Gary Barlow

Sodajerker On Songwriting

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Sodajerker, Barber, Simon, Music Interviews, Liverpool, Songwriters, Musicians, Oconnor, Songwriting, Interviews, Music, Podcast, Brian

4.9 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Take That's Gary Barlow welcomes Simon and Brian to his London studio for a fun conversation about songwriting, performance, and the creative process. The celebrated artist discusses the authentic sound of his Songbook tour, how he cultivates studio collaboration, and the amazing songwriting advice he received from Swedish hitmaker Max Martin. Gary was also previously the guest for episode 180 of this podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome once again, so the joker on songwriting. I'm Brian, here with Simon. This is episode 287 and joining us today is a very special returning guest.
0:28.4	Naturally, he enjoyed himself so much last time round that he absolutely insisted on coming on again and who are we to disappoint one of the UK's most successful songwriters and performers
0:37.8	and a member of one of the most beloved British pop groups of all time?
0:41.6	Well precisely. As this episode drops, he's just embarked on his nationwide songbook tour
0:46.8	and what a songbook by the way, and we decamped to his well-appointed West London studio
0:51.7	a few weeks ago to hear a little about that and learn where he's currently at with the whole songwriting thing, which it has to be said
0:57.9	as being pretty kind to him over the years. He's done all right for himself, hasn't he?
1:02.0	Frodcham's bigger success story, I'd say. Or at least he was until Bob Cavalgey's opened his
1:06.4	candles shop. I mean, where else can one both buy candles and potentially meet Spit the Dog?
1:12.9	Anyway, we're very happy to welcome the one and only Gary Barlow back to the podcast.
1:17.6	Now, we're not going to hang about here. For a more extensive bio of our guest, we recommend
1:21.2	consulting episode 180 of this podcast, which features Gary's first appearance on the show.
1:26.7	Great fun it was too,
1:27.7	as I recall. Yeah, as a matter of fact, that one was supposed to happen at his studio, wasn't it?
1:32.4	It was, but then, thanks to COVID, I was forced to isolate, so we repaired to Zoom instead.
1:38.5	Luckily though, we all stuck around long enough to finally catch up face-to-face in his
1:42.1	musical Inner Sanctum. If you're not doing so already, make sure you follow us on your pod platform of choice
1:47.3	so you don't miss any future episodes and explore our constantly growing archive of songwriter
1:52.0	interviews. Support the show at sodajurker.com slash donate.
1:56.4	Before we move on, huge thanks to Katie for her help setting up the chat.
2:00.0	Okay, here we are down in the capital in the company of Take That Zone, Gary Barlow.
2:06.2	Today this could be the greatest day of our lives.
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