Dave spends a lot of time talking about the writing process every week, but he thought it would be fun to have an episode where the process is laid out in real time. Back in January, Dave did several Live Streaming Co-writes with some of his music friends. The idea was to write a song in two-hours-or-less, with an audience providing feedback and even suggestions. This session, with Nichole Wagner, is from January 23rd. It's lightly edited, but it retains the false starts, changes in direction and sometimes painful deliberations of a full writing session. It's songwriting in its rawest form.

Nichole is a wonderful songwriter on her own, and she delivers emotionally intense lyrics spiked with hard truths bookended by her soulfully broad, raspy-tinged vocals and thoughtful arrangements. You can check out more of her music at https://www.nicholewagnermusic.com/