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, hand-cutting the plates

of your own vinyl master or else a scrappy upstart, custom-coding your very own NFTs. This

is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an iron-clad excuse

to put off, actually writing.

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