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,

their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.

So whether you're a grizzled veteran, insisting that you'll only play pre-war Martin guitars

or else a scrappy upstart, insisting that you'll only play pre-2010 M-Audio MIDI controllers.

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

and excuse to put off, actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the last Friday of January 2023 and I thank you for joining us.

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