Funky Collaboration with Nabs-D & Teresa

Funky Collaboration with Nabs-D & Teresa

Nab-s D & Teresa is a new Toronto-based duo featuring funky basslines and powerful, soulful vocals. They featured their new single On The Run on the podcast this week. We talked about: writing an instrumental bed to support a singer leaving room for spontaneity in...
All about MIDI 2.0 with Mike Kent

All about MIDI 2.0 with Mike Kent

As part of our ongoing series of episodes about recording in your home studios, we talk to MIDI expert Mike Kent about MIDI 2.0 and the what the future holds. We talked about: Our first episode about MIDI from July 2021: All about MIDI How MIDI 2.0 introduces...
Songwriting Challenge 2022: Listener Songs Volume 4

Songwriting Challenge 2022: Listener Songs Volume 4

We continue to receive submissions from our listeners to our songwriting challenge. Thanks to everyone for their contributions! On this bonus listener episode, we feature songs by Andy Vann, Mira Chorik, and Sunny Zaman. We talked about: The Song Talk Meetup Why do...
Terry Penney: Three Chords and the Truth

Terry Penney: Three Chords and the Truth

With over three decades in the music industry, Newfoundland turned BC-based artist Terry Penney is well known for his incredible storytelling and has often been compared to some of the best writers of all time, including Steve Earle and John Prine. The MusicNL...
Alicia Toner: Songwriting with Emotion and Craft

Alicia Toner: Songwriting with Emotion and Craft

PEI-based artist Alicia Toner has had an explosive year since the release of her sophomore album “Joan”. Alicia brought home a 2022 Canadian Folk Music Award, became the most nominated artist at the Music PEI Awards this year for the project, and received...