Declan's song from Episode 92: Ear Candy

We begin the new season of the podcast with two fantastic songs and two hosts who haven't done this for a while...

Roger's Weekly Listening

1. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy

2. Flo & Eddie - Illegal, Immoral and Fattening

3. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey

Declan's Weekly Listening

1. The Jaded Hearts Club - You've Always Been Here

2. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces

3. Ray Charles - What'd I Say

We're back with a bonus episode!

This week we're exploring the process of taking a song from a very basic demo to a fully fledged master recording.

We break down how to structure a song, how to work with other musicians remotely, and how to go about overdubbing new parts into your arrangement.

Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. Foo Fighters - In Your Honour

2. clipping. - Splendour And Misery

3. Frank Turner - Live In Newcastle

Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. The Beatles - With The Beatles

2. Boa Constrictors - Lafterlife

3. Ray Charles - What I'd Say

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Answering a question from the audience, Roger and Declan discuss their favourite chord variations.

Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. Outkast - SouthernPlayalisticCadilacMusik

2. Todd Rundgren - Runt

3. Ween - Shinola Vol. 1

Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. Hamilton Soundtrack

2. 10cc - Bloody Tourists

3. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers

This week marks the last episode of season 9 of the WSP.

Declan and Roger take a look back the mountainous highs and the swingin' lows. Some fun chats about how to take a song from demo to full production.

This season's roud-up also included a challenge to re-write The Beatles' 'Sexy Sadie'. Sorry about that.

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Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. The Beatles - Help!

2. Felix Hagan & The Family - Attention Seeker

3. Deaf Havana - All These Countless Nights

Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. Ween - Shinola Vol. 1

2. Ween - Shinola Vol. 1

3. Ween - Shinola Vol. 1

This week, Roger writes a song influenced by Being John Malkovitch, and Declan needs less coffee. Or possibly more.

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Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. The Lemon Twigs - Foolin' Around/Tailor Made

2. Ween - La Cucaracha

3. The Lemon Twigs - Live in Favour of Tomorrow

Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

2. HAIM - Women in Music, Pt III

3. The Beatles - Please Please Me

This week Declan showcased the influence of 'patter songs' from musicals on his upbeat song, 'It's Just How I Am'.

Roger writes 'The Only One', a song based on simple chords, but with a focus on structures inspired by Todd Rundgren and others.

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Two new songs from Roger and Declan, a discussion on whether to write words or music first, an appearance by the Countdown clock, and voice notes that make you go "woah!"

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Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. The Lemon Twigs - Go To School

2. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

3. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full

2. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

3. Frank Turner - Live in Newcastle

This week Declan and Roger are back with two freshly written songs, as well as... well, a rather long digression into UK television in the middle.

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Roger's Weekly Listening:

1. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising

2. Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I

3. Jay Electronica - That collection of various songs which is available online, but which doesn't actually have a title.

Declan's Weekly Listening:

1. Mallory Knox - Wired

2. Benji Owen - Breathin' Sun, Dancin' Moon

3. Queen - Made In Heaven

Two more new songs presented and dissected on air.

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Declan's Bandcamp: declankitchener.bandcamp.com

Roger's Weekly Listening

1. Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I

2. ABBA - The Singles (The First Ten Years)

3. Ween - Chocolate & Cheese

Declan's Weekly Listening

1. Felix Hagan and the Family - Dawn Breaks, The Monster Wakes

2. Elliott Smith - XO

3. The Rollings Stones - Stray Cats