Following her debut as a composer for Broadway's The Notebook, singer, songwriter and producer Ingrid Michaelson released For the Dreamers, a masterful collection of orchestral pop songs and treasured classics that feels like a golden-hued, heartwarming musical hug for our anxious times. She talked to VERSED about the joy of making the album, following your artistic muse, facing your creative fears and building a trusted team. Then, pianist, composer and bandleader Joe Block, hailed by Jazz at Lincoln Center as one of "jazz's most promising young composers" and a recent winner of an ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, talks to us about working with Wynton Marsalis and other jazz giants and what it takes to reach your full musical potential.

Listen to For the Dreamers

See Ingrid perform "Backyard" on the Today show

Watch Ingrid perform R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café

Visit Ingrid's website

Visit Joe Block's website

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