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The very talented Liz Jaremyn stops by and we talk about structures and metaphors in songwriting.
Liz Jaremyn
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Holiday Songs: What makes a good one?
Bruce, Neel and Phil talk about their favourite holiday songs. They go over “Baby, it’s cold outside”, a wacky song by weird Al Yankovic, “Calling to say” by Serena Ryder and more.
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Neel Modi
Song Talk Radio co-host Neel Modi releases his first album, Counterfeit Lampshades, on the show. He presents three songs from the album, with an electronic industrial rock attitude.
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Braeden Mitchell
The guys are impressed with Braeden’s talent for performance and writing song where every detail is considered in his process. He also shares a surprise he saves for live performances. http://youtu.be/g7qwuaB4Mog
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Eric Sorenson
Song Talk Radio’s social media guru and occasional co-host Eric Sorenson preforms two new songs on guitar and a beautiful instrumental tribute to his grandparents.
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1-year Anniversary show
Bruce, Neel, and Phil celebrate their first year of Song Talk Radio with a freshly written tribute song to all the guests over the past year. They also feature and discuss five songs from the Songwriter’s Cafe Showcase concert at the Central Bar on Oct 26.
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Roger Beckett
Rogers brings many insights into songwriting from his time spent in Nashville, and performs three of his beautiful songs live in the Song Talk studio – including one written and performed on ukulele!
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Bruce, Eric and Neel
Eric presents a 80’s video game themed instrumental piece, Bruce shows off a twist on the classic love song, and Neel goes all industrial with a song about trains. You can view Neel’s document on developing his song here.
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Jessica Ireland
Jessica talks about what comes first; music or lyrics, and the first song she wrote at the age of eight. She performs all three songs live in the studio.
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Gary Woods
Gary talks with the guys about using space and his influences in becoming a master finger style guitarist. And the crazy stuff he does with those capos.
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Writing from the Head vs Heart: Blair Packham & a lifetime of songwriting insights
Blair shares the very first song he ever wrote, and talks about the difference between writing from the heart and writing from the head. And the Monster Mash. CJRU 1280 AM · Song Talk Episode 45 – Blair Packham (September 30, 2014)
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Christine Gaidies
Christine talks and sings about joy and getting au naturel with her lyrics. Oh, and that’s not a surfboard in the photo; it’s Christine’s hand-painted-by-a-friend guitar case.
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Scott B Sympathy
Scott B discusses stream of consciousness in his lyric writing, how to properly write sad songs, and writing a waltz.
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Dom Ventura
Dom talks with the Song Talk Radio team about his ideas, working with producers, and the release of his latest CD. He also performs “The Autumn Wind” live with a poetry reading and song with acoustic guitar and voice.
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Composing with multiple influences with Martin Van de Ven
Multi-Instrumentalist and composer Martin Van De Ven talks about counterpoint with numerous simultaneous melodies and different influences in constructing his complex instrumental pieces. Beyond The Pale Jumblies Theatre Martin on Soundcloud
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Lilian Kim
Lilian talks about intuition and feelings in her songs, and how she stole borrowed her first guitar from her brother. We talk about the other stuff. She also performs all three songs live in the studio:
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Abeena Samm
Abeena talks about “walking the talk” and spirituality in her songs. She also performs “Cry” live in the studio.
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Addy Aman (Beigeshelter)
Addy talks about the ideas behind his songs “Think of Me”, “Dark Horse”, “The River” and performs two songs live in the studio.
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Alon Rodovinsky
Alon takes about hard rock songwriting for his band and his lofty goal of writing a song a day for a year. He also performs “Wheels on the Bus” live in the studio.
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Helene-Nicole Richard
Helene talks about her journey as a songwriter for children promoting the French language in schools across Canada. She performs “Moi j’m’aime de meme”, “Quand je serai grand je serai petit” and “Still a Kid” live at Song Talk Radio with her guitarist Gady.
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Patrick Ballantyne
Award-winner singer-songwriter Patrick Ballantyne shares songs from his album “Days of Rain” and talks about his process. Patrick also performed two songs live in the studio!
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Kash
Kash rocks it out on the show with his band, Liquid Identity. Check out the video of their performances!
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Jean Luc Lariviere
Jean Luc shares his gentle side with the Song Talk team.
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Dan Tapper
Dan’s songs are an investigation into location and memory. Listen and find out more!