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, hashtagging your music videos with the phrase

Bob Seeger feel, or else a scrappy upstart tagging your videos with the phrase

drunk Apex twin, 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 August 2020, and I thank you for joining us.

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