For this host’s show, Michael, Neel and Phil brought in a song each and discussed how we wrote and some cool approaches in the songs. AND, Vanessa was in the house!!! What a fun episode!

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What we talked about

* The 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Guide

* Blog post: Creating Lyric Sheets that Don’t Suck

* Neel’s process behind writing “The Wicked Queen”

* Suggestions for Song prompts

* Listener input requested: What do you think about the Taxi and SongTradr placement services

* Song hooks: How do you make sure your song has ’em

* Different approaches to choruses

* The Wicked Queen lyrics

* Pull Me Away From You Lyrics – Noise

* Not Edwin lyrics

* Writing Better Lyrics – Pat Pattison book on Amazon

* 101 Songwriting Wrongs & How To Right Them: How To Craft Songs That Sell on Amazon

* Cubase Elements – Phil’s DAW of choice (tho he uses the Pro level)

* Cakewalk by Bandlab – Neel’s DAW of choice