RSR456 - Bill Demain - Nashville Songwriter, Cartoonist, Tour Guide, Journalist
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 131 minutes
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My guest today is Bill DeMain, a successful author, songwriter, journalist, tour guide, and musical historian who has been on the podcast previously for episode RSR200.
As one half of the pop duo Swan Dive, he has released ten acclaimed albums with his singing partner Molly Felder, enjoying several Top 5 singles and tours of Japan, Thailand and Korea. He's also written songs for and with many other artists, including Curtis Stigers, Marshall Crenshaw, Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones, David Mead, Bleu, Kim Richey, Jill Sobule and Boo Hewerdine. His songs have appeared on TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, Private Practice, Felicity and The L Word, and in commercials for Laneige Cosmetics, Unicef and Sky Mobile.
Bill is also a much-published music journalist, who's written for MOJO, Uncut, Entertainment Weekly and Classic Rock. He has written five books, including 2017's Amazon best-seller Sgt. Pepper At 50, and two of collections of interviews with noted songwriters such as David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Kate Bush and Smokey Robinson.
In addition, he is the owner of the music history walking tour Walkin' Nashville, a radio correspondent for BBC Glasgow and a cartoonist whose work has been published by Reader's Digest and Funny Times.
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| 0:40.0 | Now get ready to rock. |
| 0:42.2 | I think one of the best pieces of advice for anybody who's trying to be creative, |
| 0:46.5 | whether it's songwriting or cartooning or writing, |
| 0:49.2 | and it's so hard for all of us now to do this is to actually be in the moment. |
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