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Hollywood book and lyric writer Stephen Witkin talks about musical theatre and the use of cliches.
Stephen Witkin
Shows
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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.
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Sarah Frances
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Alon Rodovinsky
We moved the show to a one guest format so we can delve deeper into songwriting. Alon plays a great track, freshly recorded!
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Margo Collins & Sarmad
Margo share’s a beautiful AutoHarp and voice song, talks about music education personal journeys. Sarmad plays a couple of 12 string tunes.