You're not going to be a 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,

papering the room with free tickets

to your stadium show, or else, a scrappy upstart charging a hundred dollars a ticket to your hyper-exclusive

living room concert.

This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an iron-clad excuse to put off actually writing. Hey everybody it's the third Friday of June 2024 and I thank you for joining us.

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