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How Songs Are Made
How Songs Are Made episodes
- Hellis
Trey Xavier sits down with Hellis, who won a Gear Gods contest, to talk about his songwriting process.
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1 hr 18 min - Justin McKinney (The Zenith Passage)
Justin McKinney joins Trey Xavier to talk about his songwriting process for The Zenith Passage.
On this episode:
- The snowball effect
- Incorporating metal with other genres
- Dealing with emotions through music
- And much more!
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1 hr 43 min - Myrone
Trey Xavier is joined by Myrone to talk about his songwriting work and his solo project.
Check out some songs Myrone has worked on: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0chizW91EIZAvPc4XkCks8?si=0ff8759888e74e26&nd=1
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1 hr 22 min - Monuments - "In Stasis"
Andy Cizek and John Browne from Monuments join Trey Xavier to discuss their album "In Stasis."
On this episode:
- Writing from prompts
- Cutting what doesn't work
- Pop song structure is superior
- And much more!
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1 hr 53 min - Sarah Longfield - "Tosia"
Talking to Sarah about her new album "Tosia" and why she used synths instead of guitars.
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1 hr 35 min - TETRARCH - "Unstable"
Trey Xavier is joined by Diamond and Josh from TETRARCH to discuss how they made "Unstable."
On this episode:
- How the band uses demos
- Working with Dave Otero
- And more!
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1 hr 14 min - Bad Wolves - "Dear Monsters"
Doc Coyle and John Boecklin join Trey Xavier to discuss how they wrote their album "Dear Monsters."
Some of the topics discussed include:
- Why lyrics are subjective
- Throwing ideas around to see what sticks
- Writing lyrics last
- Advice from Billy Joel
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2 hr 9 min - Arjen Anthony Lucassen - "Star One"
Trey Xavier sits down to talk to a longtime songwriting hero of his, Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Star One and Ayreon about their new album "Revel In Time."
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1 hr 19 min - Allegaeon - "Damnum"
Trey Xavier talks to Allegaeon about how they wrote their album "Damnum."
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1 hr 31 min - Will Putney (Fit For An Autopsy) - "Oh What the Future Holds"
Trey Xavier sits down with Will Putney to discuss how Fit For An Autopsy made "Oh What the Future Holds."
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1 hr 14 min
About How Songs Are Made
From the publisher's feed
Hello fellow songwriters, I’m Trey Xavier and this is the How Songs Are Made podcast. You may know me from the Gear Gods YouTube channel or my band In Virtue. And on this show, I’ll be talking to…
notable musical artists to learn about their songwriting process, how it is that they go from a seed of an idea to a full-blown song arrangement, and all the steps in between.
I’m here to bring the songwriting wisdom of the masters of the craft to you directly, and to get the most usable advice from them to make you the most effective songwriter you can be. There are some other podcasts out there about songwriting, but this is the only one focused on finding out the HOW - the real techniques and creative process that real successful songwriters use to write their best songs.
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