Marlon Chaplin on his new record, The Circle

Show date:September 30th, 2018

Toronto native Marlon Chaplin returned to Song Talk Radio following the release of his new album, The Circle. He was joined by Sintja Baba for a live performance of Take Me There. Patrick Ballantyne filled in for Bruce – thanks Patrick!

We talked about:

The recording process, and pre-production
Starting a song with a simple melodic hook
Writing the lyrics last
Interesting chord choices
Changing the chords underneath the same melody (re-harmonizing)

Listen to the whole show:

Download the lyrics:

Take Me There

A Single Drop

Watch the live performance:

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