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, berating your PRO, for not figuring out a way to collect

royalties from Shazam or else a scrappy upstart, trying desperately not to pay royalties for

a rift you sampled.

This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most and iring clad

excuse to put off, actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the 4th Friday of March, 2023 and I thank you for joining us.

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