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 who cannot believe anyone would record

to tape after the advent of digital recording, or else a scrappy upstart, who can't believe

anyone would record an album without using a digital tape machine plug-in, this is your show,

because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad

excuse to put off actually writing.

Hey, everybody, it's the third Friday of April 2021, and I thank you for joining us.

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