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Gary Woods
Gary Woods is an instrumental songwriter, using unique tunings on his guitar and an innovative way to use capos to create beautiful pieces of music. Check out the video from this episode of Gary explaining his custom guitar techniques.
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Mary Jane Viejo
Singer and songwriter Mary Jane talks about pop music and working with others with the Song Talk team.
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Stephen Witkin
Hollywood book and lyric writer Stephen Witkin talks about musical theatre and the use of cliches.
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Bridges: What they are and how to write them
The Song Talk Action Team talk about bridges, or middle 8’s, in some song examples. Have a listen to the show:
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Frank Horvat
Frank talks about his song “Waiting…in 3 chords” – namely, Am, G and F.
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Phil Emery
Co-host Phil talks about writing punk rock songs for his band, The Parkdale Hookers.
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Bojan Land
Returning guest Bojan Lands talks about his song “Bojol Ojo” and the breaking of the beat.
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Songbird
Songbird returns to Song Talk about her CD release and the strong connection from the public to her song “Why Don’t You Care?”
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Neel Modi
Song Talk co-host Neel talks about his sci-fi epic song “Telepathic Androids” and his use of unusual time signatures.
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Vincent de Tourdonnet
Vincent returns to Song Talk to talk about the difference and collision between Broadway styles and pop styles.
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Write a song live!
The Song Talk Action Team writes the beginning of a song live on the air, in a “no-free” zone!
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Kayt Lucas
Singer-songwriter Kayt Lucas performs her song “Shatter so Fast” live on-air, and we talk to her about her imagery and her band, Kayt Lucas Band. Listen to the episode:
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Bruce Harrott
Song Talk co-host Bruce talks about unusual chords, the inspiration for his lyrics, and tension and release within his song “Nipigon.”
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Damian Golling
Damian shares his song “You Gotta Believe” and talk about the effects of positive, upbeat, energetic pop songs.
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Kat Ryan
Kat talks about her song “I Can’t Thank You Enough” dedicated to her mom.
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Faaria Mehgji
Faaria showscases her song “Nothing We Can’t Survive” – all those perfect rhymes!
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Andrew Clark
Andrew Clark discusses his song “Long Shadow, Bright Spark” on the show, in which the title never appears in his song. See his youTube video!
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Dale K Jones
Dale speaks about her process collaborating with a pianist to develop her melody and lyrics.
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Kash Malhotra
Kash appears and plays his song “Live Out in this Moment” live on the show.
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Ana Morales
The Song Talk action team discusses Ana’s song “Free Falling” which was described as having the “hookiest hook of all time.”
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Carmen Toth of Social Potion
A great talk about song structures and lyrics.
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NoMI
NoMI talks about working with a producer to help bring his ideas to life.
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Michael Bennett & songs for vocal choirs
Michael Bennett gives us great background on writing music for choirs on the last show of 2013.