Leslie Mendelson is a Grammy nominated songwriter from New York City, a favorite of Jackson Browne and Jakob Dylan, she released her first record on RykoDisc before moving to releasing the past 4+ independently. We talk about self sufficiency in the music industry, learning to record yourself, the lack of female representation in the industry especially on the production/engineering end of the spectrum, the gear buying fallacy, combating perfectionism, and more.

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• Leslie Mendelson
• Royal Potato Family
• New School for Performing Arts
• Steve McEwan
• Rykodisc
• Ep 1 - Aaron Lee Tasjan

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