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

doing a Facebook live concert for your cult classic debut album from

1979 or else, a scrappy upstart,

doing a live stream to Twitch while young gamers spew 4chan hate speech at you in the comments,

this is your show.

Because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most.

An ironclad excuse to put off actually writing.

Hey guys, it's the third Friday of May 2020, and I'm glad that you're here. Thanks for joining us.

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