Hey everybody before we begin our show today I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the very

painful tragic and sad last week that our nation has been going through of course I'm

talking about the heinous murder of George Floyd in

Minneapolis. So in that light and as an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of

his death, I'd like to begin today's show with a moment of

silence for George Floyd. Thank you.

let's start the show.

Let's start the show. 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 still recording demos on blank cassettes on your

Panasonic Boombox, or else a scrappy upstart attempting to record an entire multi-tracked album into your voice memos app.

This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad excuse to put off actually

writing.

Hey guys, it's the last Friday of June. No, it's the first Friday of June 20, and I thank you

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