Happy New Year to you all, welcome to episode 4 of the Soder Jerker on songwriting podcast for what should prove to be a very special show indeed and a great way to start

2012 we hope. Thank you again for all of your nice emails and comments and your support for the show.

We're really glad that so many of you have been enjoying our conversations with songwriters.

So Bry how is your holiday season? It was very pleasant and restful, thank you Simon. Have you been playing

with your trumpet and banging your drum? I have. I have also been enjoying the usual

presents you get as a father, you know, brute by Fabiget, new socks.

Did you get any Links Oriental shower gel?

Well, that's a given.

Blank VHS tapes?

Of course.

What I didn't get was what was at the top of my list actually which was a soda stream.

Are they back in vogue now since the 80s?

Amazingly yes. I don't recall them being that highly regarded back in the day, but clearly there have been some huge leaps and bounds in soda streaming technology since then that they felt they just had to share with us.

Maybe it was spurred on by the thought of a promotional tie in with us.

You never know.

Like a free beverage with every stream of the show.

I like it.

Just to make it clear, please do not redeem that offer.

That offer is not good.

Well hopefully you've all been enjoyed some time off over this holiday season

however you celebrate it and you're now ready for some more

songwriting chatter with the Jerker boys. Before we do that a little bit of

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