Neel and Peter talk about their collaborative approach of jamming out songs, Neel on piano/keys and Peter with either pre-written or spontaneous lyrics. Neel’s funky and evocative keyboard parts and thoughtful arrangements combined with Peter’s compelling, intense lyrics and unique singing style has resulted in some eclectic music.
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Chris Birkett: Finding and Freeing Your Creative Flow
Producer extraordinaire (Sinead O’Connor, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Alison Moyet, Dexys Midnight Runners, Talking Heads, The Pogues, Bob Geldof, Mel Brooks, Siedah Garrett, Steve Earle, Ali Amran, Alain Chamfort, René Lacaille, Talitha Mac Kenzie, etc) and songwriter guitarist Chris Birkett talks about his searching for the ins and outs of the creative process.
Ana Morales
Ana Morales returns to Song Talk with some new songs. We talk about how she got that amazing acoustic guitar sound in her recordings, honesty in songwriting and keeping lyrics general enough for multiple interpretations.
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.
Abeena Samm
Abeena talks about “walking the talk” and spirituality in her songs. She also performs “Cry” live in the studio.
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!
Creating music from found sounds with Dan Tapper
CJRU 1280 AM · Song Talk Episode 30 – Dan Tapper Sound Poet Dan Trapper came in and we explored making music with found sound and talked about his really interesting approach to writing lyrics. Dan Tapper Sound Design MagneticSignals.com VisualCodePoems.com The North American Sound Diaries Dan’s SoundCloud Page
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.