In this episode, John returns to Pixel studios to chat with Maisie Peters and producer Joe Rubel about how they wrote, recorded and produced Maisie’s debut album ‘You Signed Up For This’.

Going through their WhatsApp log of voice notes and ideas, Maisie and Joe look back on the chaotic methods of bringing an album together over lockdown, pulling apart how they carefully married Maisie’s original acoustic sound with more produced elements.

Alongside the wealth of Joe’s production goodness, Maisie sheds some light on her lyric writing process, from the internal rhyming patterns and carefully considered syllables in her writing, to the subtle nods hidden throughout each track.

Listen to find out why Maisie wouldn’t play instruments on her own songs, how to proceed after deciding it’s time to write a banger, and which part of a song you will now have to try and clap along to.

Tracks discussed: You Signed Up For This, I’m Trying (Not Friends), Love Him I Don’t

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‘You Signed Up For This’ - Warner Music, Asylum Records, Gingerbread Man Records 

Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective 

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Chandler Preamp 

Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor

Nashville Guitar Tuning

Martin Guitars 

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