When he was just 18 in a Liverpool pub, Trey Roque was approached to be a bassist in a rock & roll covers band. Soon, he had formed a pretentious prog rock band, then a heavy metal unit, but soon learned the ways of jazz at Penny Lane. A bout with tendinitis prompted Trey to take up the guitar and try taking his turgid teenage poetry and turn into rap-rock and irish-folk. Now he lives in Prague, where he writes songs and stories, and generally manages to avoid all those damn vampires. 

In 2018, Trey started writing hundreds of songs a year, and has since started a YouTube channel called “Trey’s Way: Songwriting Made Easy” where he opens the kimono! On songwriting. 

Inspired by the likes of Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Nirvana, Joni Mitchell, early David Bowie, and of course, the Beatles, Trey Roque blends his love of wordplay with a wide range of musical styles, from Garage Rock to Orchestral Suites to Soulful singer-songwriter. 

Dave sat down with Trey to talk about writing hundreds of songs a year, creating musical puzzles for you yourself to solve, and how lyrics don't matter. Plus, we each debut new songs! It's another raw and riveting discussion about song craft!

For more music, check out https://www.treyroque.com