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,

negotiating with a Brazilian promoter about the guarantees for your reunion tour or else a scrappy upstart,

begging the door guy at Hotel Cafe for an extra drink ticket, this is your show.

Because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most most an iron-clad excuse to put off

actually writing.

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