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Writing a soft-hitting protest song with Anna Larson
“Beauty is what I’m chasing” Anna Larson is an emerging singer-songwriter, fusing diverse musical roots with piano-driven originality. Larson has several single releases slated for 2021, kicking off w
Building the hooks into HipHop with Big Greg
North Carolina Wordsmither Big Greg stopped by to talk about the importance of hooks in hip-hop tracks. We also talked about using Room EQ Wizard software to improve our mixes. We talked about Room EQ
How we became the songwriters that we are
This week it was just the family, as hosts Mike, Neel, and Phil each posed a question to reveal how they became the songwriters they are today, and give out songwriting tips in the process. We talked about:
How To Write A #1 Hit with Christopher Ward
Very excited to have the Juno-award winning songwriter, author of an international #1 hit song and the very first MuchMusic VJ join us on SongTalk. Christopher Ward has done all that and more. In our recent interview,
What’s a record label anyway? With Geoff Kulawick
As the founder and president of Linus Entertainment, Geoff Kulawick grew the start up label to become one of the most successful independent music companies in Canada.Mr. Kulawick has successfully sourced, negotiated and closed on the asset purchase of...
Electro Jazz with Nabil Durzi & Michael Massaro and recording your library of songs
Nabil Durzi & Michael Massaro stopped by to talk about adding jazz to electro. We talked about: Phil’s Drumset update The drumset How do you record all your songs? How “finished” are they? Using a spreadsheet to keep tabs of your songs in progress
Challenging the Tyranny of 440 hz
This week SongTalk resolved the controversy over standardized tuning to 440 hz! Okay maybe we didn’t resolve anything. But we did invite our good friend and frequent guest Matthew Reid to discuss the origins of the standard tuning setting plus the pros...
All about NFTs in the music business with Eric Alper
“NFTs stand for non-fungible tokens, and they allow the audience and fan base to take part in auctions for unique content from the artists, labels, and festivals that they love, where the transactions go directly into the pockets of the artists.”…
Tips, Vaccines, Drum Kits and Song Tips
The guys share tips and talk about vaccines and drum kits and stuff. We talked about: Vaccines Neel’s electronic orchestra stuff Finding new structures for songs Cheap eDrum-kit woes NFTs? Songs too long? Bands with great harmonies Diatonic?
Home Recording and Digital Audio Workstations – Part 1
This week SongTalk dives into how to best use DAWs or Digital Audio workstations. Home recording is booming and it’s not just because of Covid. Musicians have long been using different software at home to do what used to cost thousands of dollars in a ...