Where’s Bob Dylan?

Where’s Bob Dylan?

Okay, so we couldn’t get Bob to come to the studio for the show. Not surprising considering how the Nobel Prize people can’t find him either. On this show about Bob Dylan we discussed: The new film from Ron Howard  – The Beatles, Eight Days a Week...
Thoughtful lyrics and music with Allister Bradley

Thoughtful lyrics and music with Allister Bradley

Pro songwriter Allister Bradley joined us for an hour to talk about two of his catchy, thoughtful songs and his process for getting them done. Stuff we talked out: Toronto’s Song Studio Making it in the music industry Writing with your secondary instrument Using...
Writing Humour Songs & Not Novelty Songs with Matt Gerber

Writing Humour Songs & Not Novelty Songs with Matt Gerber

Matt stopped by and we talked about the ins and outs of writing songs with humour. Friend of the show, Dave Miner subbed in for Neel! Some stuff we talked about: Matt Gerber’s Official Website Download the lyrics for Matt’s songs here Song Studio Scrape...
Writing for musicals with Stephen Witkin

Writing for musicals with Stephen Witkin

Lyricist and librettist Stephen Witkin returned to Song Talk Radio for a highly informative hour on writing for musical theatre. Here are some of the topics we discussed: what is the “book”  and the role of the book writer for a musical? collaboration with...