On SongWriter Podcast, Musicians Transform Stories Into Songs

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Great songs capture our imaginations and reveal truths about the human experience, transmuting stories into sound. Ben Arthur explores this alchemy on his podcast SongWriter. Each episode, Arthur challenges a musician to compose one original song based on the writing of literary greats like George Saunders, Neil Gaiman and Joyce Carol Oates. Arthur and two California-based songwriters – Mexican-American singer Diana Gameros, and Hector Flores of the band Las Cafeteras – join us to talk about their creative process and the stories that resonate with them. And we hear from you: What’s a story or song that has inspired you? Guests: Diana Gameros, Bay Area singer/songwriter originally from Cuidad Juarez, Mexico Ben Arthur, singer/songwriter; creator, SongWriter Hector Flores, LA based artist; co-founder, "Las Cafeteras" the band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Sometimes the melody captures just the right mood, or the beat moves you,
1:03.0	or the lyrics or a story that touches you.
1:06.0	Ben Arthur explores this alchemy on his podcast songwriter.
1:10.0	In each episode, a musician is paired with a famous author,
1:12.6	like George Saunders or Susan Orlean.
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