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, trying to sell your

custom Fender Telecaster on Reverb, or else a scrappy upstart. Trying to sell your made

in China Squire Bullet, this is your show, because ultimately it is what every writer seeks

most, an iron-clad excuse to put off. Actually writing.

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