Episode 73 - Meshell Ndegeocello

Sodajerker On Songwriting

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4.9 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Singer, songwriter and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello shares details about her writing process on such songs as 'If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)', 'I'm Diggin' You - Like an Old Soul Record', 'Shopping for Jazz' and 'Conviction'. Meshell talks at length about her recent album Comet, Come to Me, her approach to the bass guitar, and her contributions to classic songs like Chaka Khan's 'Never Miss the Water'.

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0:00.0	The Hey folks and welcome to episode 73 of soda jaker on songwriting.
0:22.4	Joining us today is a 10 time Grammy nominated 73 of SoDjaker on songwriting.
0:22.8	Joining us today is a 10-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter bassist and rapper,
0:27.5	who's been marching very much to her own beat since she first emerged on the scene in 1993.
0:32.4	Last year she released her 11th album, Comets Come to Me,
0:35.4	yet another impressive outing from one of music's most lyrically uncompromising
0:39.4	and musically uncategorizable artists. We are very pleased to welcome the brilliant
0:44.2	Michelle and Dekeo Cello to the show. We've been admirers of Michelle since back in
0:48.1	our teens when we first saw her on MTV, haven't we? The very striking video for very striking video for If That's Your Boyfriend,
0:53.9	he wasn't last night, was on heavy rotation back then, which was right around the time I took up
0:57.7	the bass guitar. So the sight of this incredibly cool shaven-headed female bass player was quite an arresting one and the song was
1:04.3	pretty damn good too.
1:05.3	And that's when you shaved your head?
1:06.9	It was.
1:07.9	Yeah, in tribute.
1:10.3	And it still sounds great today that one doesn't it?
1:11.9	It does fantastic
1:12.8	and it really set out his stall early on as someone who wasn't afraid to be provocative with her
1:16.3	lyrics certainly did and her bass playing is pretty singular too isn't it?
1:19.9	Oh yeah she's just this bottomless well of unusual grooves and interesting note choices.
1:24.8	You know something like The Dirty World from her weather album is a good example of that.
1:28.1	Yeah, I love that one. Yeah, she's just so tasteful and leaves so much space for the song to breathe.
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