You're not going to be a 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 rewatching Spinal Tap,

and always rewinding to that part where Nigel says,

D minor, the saddest of all keys.

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