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 write lyrics with chat GPT prompts,

or else a scrappy upstart, trying to generate a free album cover with artificial intelligence

powered bots on Discord, 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 second Friday of March, 2023, and I thank you for joining us.

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