HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 3 - Building A Music Community To Feel Less Alone

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🗓️ 9 March 2024

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Part 3: Building A Music Community To Feel Less Alone

For the next installment of our finding community series, we're talking music!

Writer's 'Round LA is a Nashville-style, singer-songwriter showcase and hang for artists and non-artists alike. Think a 60s or 70s era Laurel Canyon open mic night. Good vibes all around.

Today, How To LA producer Megan Botel explores how people are creating strong connections and building community through groups like Writer's 'Round LA.

Guests: Greg Gilman, singer, songwriter for Greg in Good Company and founder of Writer's 'Round LA; Kat Hamilton, curator for Writer's 'Round LA and singer-songwriter.

Here are the musicians you heard in the episode, check them out!

Leah Ashton, listen to her latest album here.

Erica Dawson (who has a show coming up).

Dylan Kanner, who played the open mic. Check out his dreamy music.

Greg In Good Company, check out their new single, "Home."

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0:00.0	Come see the new quiz show, go fact yourself, with special guests Andy Richter and fresh airs
0:05.2	Tanya Mosley.
0:06.6	It's March 23rd at the Crawford.
0:08.5	Get your tickets at LAS.com slash events.
0:21.0	Hi, I'm Megan Motel, producer on the LAS Studios show How To LA.
0:28.0	For the past few weeks I've been working on a special series exploring how people are dealing with feelings of loneliness. According to the Surgeon General, we're dealing with an epidemic of isolation and people in Los Angeles may be
0:35.0	loneliness than most. Through this series I've been exploring the depths of those
0:39.5	feelings for people in all walks of life and also digging into how folks are easing these
0:44.7	feelings by creating connections and all sorts of communities around this city.
0:50.1	In this next episode we're going to talk about finding community through music.
0:55.0	Take a listen.
0:57.0	What's up everybody?
1:02.0	How's everybody feeling tonight? Are we good? Yeah, I love it. Great energy
1:10.1	tonight. I love this. I'm Brian Lelos Santos and this is How to LA. The podcast that helps you connect with the city and its people.
1:20.6	Today we're picking up with our series exploring loneliness and how to not be lonely in LA.
1:25.6	Welcome to Writers Round Los Angeles. We are a weekly showcase. We're here every
1:30.0	single Wednesday. If you missed last week's episode, producer Megan Motel and I went speed
1:35.8	dating. We explored the impact of romantic connections on our lives, dating in LA, and talked about some tangible ways Angelinos can go out there and try to make a connection.
1:47.8	And maybe learn about yourself along the way.
1:51.2	Go check that out in our podcast feed. In this episode we're talking
1:56.9	about fighting community through music.
2:00.8	No, do we book some of the best singer-songwriters in Los Angeles.
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