Latest Episodes
How to Make a Set List: Pacing and Balance
Aaron and Michael take you inside the process of making a set list just before a recent house concert. We write the set list...
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Why Burr Settles, founder of February Album Writing Month, doesn't like the "like" button
Tens of thousands of new songs, perhaps more, exist because Burr Settles founded February Album Writing Month in 2004. The annual monthlong challenge requires...
What I Like About You: Aaron & Michael Pick Our Favorite Songs
We’ve been working together for 14 years and counting, and our staying power is thanks in large part to the fact that we are...
To FAWM or not to FAWM? Some thoughts on songwriting marathons
Hello, Aaron here. Anyone who has heard me play has probably heard me speak the words “February Album Writing Month” on more than one...
Genuinely being yourself, unapologetically
Musically we can try to emulate, recreate, and imitate, but how do we begin the process of creating a song within our own voice?...
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Buddy Mondlock & Wade Bates’ powerful song, “The Tower”
You have very likely never heard this song before, and it grips you right from the start. There is Buddy Mondlock’s trademark sweet steel-string...