COMMERCIAL SUICIDE SONGWRITING PODCAST

With the knowledgeable help of his co-host, Marie Perry (another listener of The Songwriting Podcast), Nashville Steve will bring you educational segments, such as “Notes and Bolts,” “Under the Microscope,” “Steve’s Phone,” “Marie’s Academic Moment,” “Legendary Songwriter Salute,” “What the @#%$&!?,” “Local Scene Report” and “The CSSP Mailbag.” (For a description of these segments, visit Commercial Suicide Songwriting Podcast.com.

In an attempt to inform The Songwriting Podcast subscribers about Steve and Marie’s new podcast, we have sent their first episode down The Songwriting Podcast feed. But that’s the only episode that will be delivered through The Songwriting Podcast! So, be sure to subscribe to COMMERCIAL SUICIDE SONGWRITING PODCAST on iTunes: Subscribe!

Here are the other Links for COMMERCIAL SUICIDE SONGWRITING PODCAST:

COMMERCIAL SUICIDE SONGWRITING PODCAST.com

Follow CSSP on Twitter: @CSSPod

Commercial Suicide Songwriting Podcast: RSS Feed

Nashville Steve Rempis

Marie Perry

And for those who want to keep up with Jason and his movie review and TV show podcast:
MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY
Twitter: @MovieCastWeekly
E-mail: MoviePodcastWeekly@gmail.com
Podcasting Revolution (a TV podcast about NBC’s “Revolution”)

The Songwriting Podcast wishes Steve and Marie the best of luck with their new podcast. We’ve already listened to their first episode, and it’s going to be an exceptional source of information and entertainment for songwriters around the world. We are subscribed, and we will be listening!

Jason

Jason also has Craig, Grant and Nashville Steve Rempis with him to help give you a warm and loving send-off with the possible hope and prospect of a potential sister, spin-off podcast that’s very similar to this one… (But believe it or not, Listeners, that’s kind of up to you… Pay attention to everything written in red below.) More on this new songwriting-related podcast during this episode…

Here is a rough agenda of what we cover during our final episode:
I. The announcement, explanation and the cloudy future of The Songwriting Podcast

II. “Moving to Nashville” segment by Nashville Steve Rempis
HERE IS STEVE’S E-MAIL ADDRESS. YOU’LL NEED IT: Steve (AT) SteveRempis (DOT) com

III. Mesake’s Tunes: Introducing Mesake’s first song, “Fine Lines”
Mesake on SoundCloud

IV. Answer e-mail backlog and Send Your Song reviews
Artists and links:

DAEVA
Band members:
Vox and Bass: Christopher Uryga
Guitar: D.J. Palmer
Drums: Kyle O’Neil
“Shine”
Facebook
YouTube

ACADEMY STREET MUSIC
Andrew Lampone and Gino
Send Your Song: “Everywhere”
MySpace
Facebook
OurStage Profile

LIFE IS HARD
featuring COLE HANSEN
Featured Song: “Seasons”
“Ten Miles ‘Till Empty” video shot by Craig Tovey
Life Is Hard recommends checking out guitarist Nick Matzke.

HENRIC OF RUBICON
Send Your Song: “White in Bloom”

JOHN MALLOY, singer-songwriter from Portland, Maine
NoiseTrade.com
YouTube

V. Golden Nugget Songwriting Advice From Our Guests and Hosts:
– Nate Johnivan and Cole Hansen of Nate and Cole Find a Radio
Nate Johnivan.com
Cole on SoundCloud
Episode 7

– Jeremy Batten, Michael Stewart and Bill Barnes
The Ultimatums.com
Bill Barnes is a host on Movie Podcast Weekly
Episode 8

– Fred Ingram
Fred on Reverbnation
Episode 10

– Matt Call of Lewis
Lewis on Bandcamp
Episode 12

– Bryan Odeen of Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem on Facebook
Episode 14

– NASHVILLE STEVE REMPIS
Steve Rempis.com
Twitter: @SteveRempis
Episode 9
YouTube: “A Little Behind”
Steve on SoundCloud
E-mail Nashville Steve about starting a podcast: Steve (AT) SteveRempis (DOT) com

– CRAIG TOVEY
YouTube
CTS Podcast: Star Trek 1-5

– GRANT ADAMS
E-mail: drgrantadams (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Episode 11

– JASON PYLES
MOVIE PODCAST WEEKLY
Twitter: @MovieCastWeekly
E-mail: MoviePodcastWeekly@gmail.com
Podcasting Revolution (a TV podcast about NBC’s “Revolution”)
The song at the end of this episode is “A Better World,” by Jason Pyles

Our special thanks to these very close friends of this podcast:
Nashville Steve Rempis
Dave Eaton
Dan Korhonen (and Fluff Dawg)
Life Is Hard

We also wish to thank The Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

The Songwriting Podcast was a bi-weekly music podcast where three hosts reveled in the technical and creative aspects of the craft of songwriting. You can find all our episodes at SongwritingPodcast.com Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast were Craig Tovey, Grant Adams, Jason Pyles, and Steve Rempis.

Episode 17 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on October 10, 2012.

The listeners are always free to contact us at SongwritingPodcast@gmail.com or call and leave us a voice mail at (801) 382-8789.

The Songwriting Podcast is a bi-weekly music podcast where three hosts revel in the technical and creative aspects of the craft of songwriting, with the help of guest songwriters or some other music industry professionals.

Jason Launches a New Movie Podcast on October 1, 2012:
For those who like movies, Jason is launching Movie Podcast Weekly on Monday, October 1. This will be an hour-long, audio podcast that’s released every single week. We’ll be reviewing newly released films that are just barely brand new in theaters. Please give us a listen on October 1.

And if you’re a TV person who digs J.J. Abrams… there’s a new television series on NBC called “Revolution.” Jason and his wife Natalie have a new podcast about this new show. We’d love it if you checked out Podcasting Revolution, as well.

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles.

We’d like to thank Tim Bruns of Churchill for appearing on The Songwriting Podcast. We also wish to thank The Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Our next episode: Watch for Episode 17 to be released on October 15!

Episode 16 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on September 17, 2012.

In this episode you’ll hear Danger Button talk about collaboration in a band setting, as well as in the recording studio. And we wax a little philosophical as we discuss, what Jason calls, the “New Art Standard.” We’d love to hear your thoughts on this concept. Please e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@gmail.com or call and leave us a voice mail at (801) 382-8789.

Links for Danger Button:
Danger Button on: Facebook
Danger Button on: BandCamp
Danger Button on: Twitter
Danger Button on YouTube:
Speak With Your Feet
Sophie
Video Killed the Radio Star
Dream
Upcoming Show: Danger Button will play Salt Lake City’s Kilby Court on Friday, Sept. 28. Watch here for more details.

Before we forget … Click here to take Jason’s one-question survey. Please!

The Songwriting Podcast is a bi-weekly music podcast where three hosts revel in the technical and creative aspects of the craft of songwriting, with the help of guest songwriters or some other music industry professionals.

For Episode 15, we featured the Send Your Song submissions of Ben Orner and Kevin Qualls. (Thank you both for being so patient with us.) Ben Orner’s song is called “Don’t Let Them Tell You You Can’t Fly.” And Kevin Qualls submitted a song called “Nobody Knows,” off his “Come to Me” EP.

You can hear more from Ben Orner at his SoundCloud page.

And you can check out Kevin Qualls’s recording set-up on his music blog. You can also listen to his album.

Thank you to both Ben and Kevin for sending your songs. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Grant’s Rants … and Raves!
This month’s rant is about TV singing competitions. For raves this week I focus on soul music. Check out some classic soul artists: I recommend Ray Charles, Al Green, the Delfonics, Marvin Gaye for “Motown Soul,” and Curtis Mayfield for some “Northern Soul.” But if you haven’t heard of William DeVaughn, I suggest you give him a listen. In particular, “Be Thankful for What You Got”.

For Modern Soul (or Neo-Soul), I recommend artists like Maxwell, Jill Scott, and my all-time favorite, John Legend. For fun we listen to “Rolling in the Deep” remixed by Natema, an electronic music project based in London. And finally, you might remember me ranting about Pandora in a previous episode. Well, I’ve found a good alternative: It’s called NeverEndingPlaylist.com, and it only plays the artist you want to hear.

In addition to our Send Your Song segment and Grant’s Rants and Raves, we also have another Moving to Nashville segment, starring “Nashville” Steve Rempis. (And by the way — seriously — if you’ve never heard Steve’s full story yet, please listen to Episode 9 of The Songwriting Podcast. It’s truly inspiring.)

Other links for this episode:

Be sure to check out the new music video for “10 Miles ‘Till Empty,” a song by Life Is Hard, former guests and friends of the show whose episode on Internet marketing is priceless. We want you to check out this video in particular because Life Is Hard hired our very own Craig Tovey, who is also a filmmaker, to shoot their video. Nice work, Craig!

Craig’s Indiegogo Campaign:
Our Mobile Lives: Salt Lake City to Verona, Italy

Dan Korhonen invited Jason to appear as a guest on his songwriter’s show, The U.P. Music Scene Podcast. He asks about some behind-the-scenes info regarding The Songwriting Podcast, but we primarily talk about my journey as a podcast producer and podcast production, in general. So, if you’re thinking about starting your own podcast, then check out the episode here: Jason appears on The U.P. Music Scene Podcast

And if you’re a TV person who digs J.J. Abrams… there’s a new television series on NBC airing on Monday, September 17. It’s called “Revolution.” Anyway, if you’re planning to watch that show, please check out Jason’s new podcast that he’s doing with his wife, Natalie, about that TV show. It’s called Podcasting Revolution. Jason would be honored for you to give it a listen…

2. If you didn’t do it above, please answer just one poll question for me, and be totally, brutally honest: I’m thinking about creating a digital tutorial product where I (Jason) give instruction, beginning to end, on how to write songs. It would be a professionally produced, audio-visual tutorial that’s accessed online. The votes are anonymous and you could potentially prevent me from making an unwise investment of time and money, if this is something that our listeners aren’t interested in. Click this to answer ONE question… Thanks. JP

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Our next episode: Watch for Episode 16 to be released on October 1!

Episode 15 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on September 12, 2012.

For Episode 14, Jason interviews music therapist Bryan Odeen, who is one half of the duo Little Bluestem, with Liz Montgomery. Jason and Bryan discuss music therapy as an occupation, and they talk about the cathartic uses for songwriting, both for others and for one’s self. They also discuss spiritual songwriting. In this episode you’ll hear some tips for writing effectively yet tastefully expressive songs. Don’t miss it!

The Songwriting Podcast is a bi-weekly music podcast where three hosts revel in the technical and creative aspects of the craft of songwriting, with the help of guest songwriters or some other music industry professionals.

Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Links for Bryan Odeen and Little Bluestem:
Reverbnation
Facebook
Twitter
MySpace
That Nice Music Man Blog

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to recognize Aaron Thomas as the photographer for the Little Bluestem photo shown above. We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Don’t forget to watch for Episode 15 on September 15!

Episode 14 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on August 30, 2012.

In these reviews, Craig and Jason discuss various concepts, such as the phenomenon of having to warm up to a new album — even from a band you already love; how vocal quality and range change with age; the importance of writing memorably repetitive melodic themes; how to add additional “lifts” to your song when you’ve already maxed out your crescendoing dynamics — and many other nuanced topics.

Links from this episode:

Craig recommends: Port of Morrow by The Shins

Jason recommends: Cold Spring Harbor by Billy Joel

Dave Eaton’s new podcast: All About Autism Podcast
On Twitter: @AllAboutAutism

Follow The Songwriting Podcast on Twitter: @SongPodcast

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding — as well as seasoned songwriters — to send their songs to us, and we will critique them on the show, giving constructive feedback, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

The Songwriting Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast that posts new episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month — and we’ll be posting Episode 14 here on September 1 (which happens to be our one-year anniversary). Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

This bonus episode of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on July 11, 2012.

In Episode 12, Craig and Jason were honored to interview Matt Call, the frontman for the Asheville, North Carolina-based band, Lewis. Matt is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist — as well as several other musical titles. The primary theme for this episode is Recording and Producing Your Own Music. We also discuss evolving as a musician, and we listen to Matt’s song, “Straight Jacket,” in its entirety and hear about his method for writing it.

On Bandcamp.com: Lewis music

Matt Call and Lewis videos: YouTube channel

We also dip into the proverbial “mail bag” and address a listener voice mail and some e-mails:
— Natalie from Utah asks what makes a song sound sad or happy or sexy
— Ben asks about being a parent while still finding a sufficient amount of time for a recording session at home
— Keith wrote in with a suggestion for guitar players who experience finger / string noise
— A very nice comment from Tamlyn
— An incredible e-mail from Adam in Lebanon, Virginia, about an unlikely experience he had with Fred Ingram’s song “Waimoku III.”

After the listener feedback section, we delve into our famous Moving to Nashville segment, by “Nashville” Steve Rempis. In this month’s report, Steve gives us a Part 2 on Nashville’s open mic venues, including the Commodore Bar & Grille and the Douglas Corner Cafe. Nashville Steve also included this link for the listeners: A List of Nashville Open Mic Venues by NSAI. If you haven’t heard the Steve Rempis episode yet, be sure to listen to Episode 9 of The Songwriting Podcast. And you can find more from Nashville Steve at Steve Rempis.com.

Next we move into our new songwriter segment called Mesake’s Tunes. This month Mesake describes his audition on The X Factor, when he sang before the likes of Simon Cowell and Britney Spears.

And in this episode, we have two Send Your Song submissions:
“I’m Not Gonna Say Love” by Paul Tarle, and “Shine” (the Basement Session version) by Christopher Uryga:

Daeva
Vox and Bass: Christopher Uryga
Guitar: D.J. Palmer
Drums: Kyle ONeil

Find Daeva on Facebook

Find Daeva on YouTube

Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work. And by the way, for those interested in all things Autism-related, check out Dave Eaton’s new podcast, the All About Autism Podcast, which airs on August 13 and is produced by Jason.

Episode 12 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on July 25, 2012.

Episode 11 features our very own Grant Adams addressing the theme Finding Your Strengths as a Songwriter and Playing to Them, as well as an in-depth look at songwriting method and other topics.

Grant and Jason also talk about the sacrifice required for greatness as a musician, the inception of song ideas, the optional practice of pre-visualization planning, tips on writing bridges, the rewriting process, processing feedback and the secret to writing a terrible song, as well as the secret to writing a great song.

Grant also shares and discusses his featured song, “Baby, Please Part 2.”

This bonus episode also features a Send Your Song segment, where we discuss a song submitted by The Jenny Pilots (Joe Furnari and Mark Nuzzi) called, “I Wouldn’t Change a Thing.”

Bandcamp Page: The Jenny Pilots
Web site: The Jenny Pilots

Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Other links for this episode:
Find more of Grant Adams’ music here: Blind Corner Music

Grant’s book recommendation: “Strengths Finder” by Tom Rath

Billy Joel documentary: “Shades of Grey” (VHS)

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Episode 11 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on May 30, 2012.

Episode 10 features singer-songwriter, guitarist Frederick Ingram. In this interesting episode, Fred talks about What to Write About, and How to Write About It, as well as other songwriting topics.

Fred shares his most infamous song, “Snake Girl,” and explains the fascinating story behind writing this exceptional tune.

And of course, this episode also features specialty segments, such as “Moving to Nashville,” by “Nashville” Steve Rempis. In this episode, Steve talks about open mic night at The Bluebird Cafe. Learn more from Nashville Steve during his feature-length guest appearance on Episode 9 of The Songwriting Podcast.

We’re also happy to bring you a “Craig Can Write” segment, where we discuss some insightful e-mail feedback from listener Daniel Korhonen. We also debut a new theme song for “Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did,” which was written by this same Mr. Korhonen.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to hear Jason’s song, “The Last Thing on My Mind,” for an example of a song whose concept was planned ahead of time and then executed, as discussed during this episode.

Since Grant Adams is not with us during this episode, we do not have “Grant’s Rants … and Raves,” nor do we have a “Mesake’s Tunes” segment this time around. But we do bring you a double dose of our Send Your Song segment, where we discuss Bryan Odeen’s song, “Be More.” Second, we review a song called “Redemption,” by Rhysing. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. See these artists’ links below:

Bryan Odeen and Liz Montgomery’s duo, LITTLE BLUESTEM links:
Reverbnation
Facebook
Twitter
MySpace

RHYSING links:
Reverbnation
Facebook
Twitter
MySpace

Other links for this episode:
Find Fred Ingram here: FrederickIngram.com

Live “Wilderness” performance: Featuring Fred’s silent guitar or “thong guitar”

“The Best Is Yet to Come” lyric attempt

Daniel Korhonen’s The U.P. Music Scene on Facebook

Fred Connors’ OV Cold Cases.com

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to recognize Ann Pensiero-Norment as the photographer for the Frederick Ingram photo shown on this episode post. We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Don’t forget to watch for an amazing BONUS episode that will be released on June 15 — starring Grant Adams himself!

Episode 10 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on May 23, 2012.

But this show is a BONUS episode featuring a 70-minute interview with singer-songwriter Glen Phillips, who is the frontman of the ‘90s alternative rock band, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and he’s a successful solo artist, as well.

Glen talks with us about his songwriting process; which instruments he prefers to write on; how songs were written as collaborations in Toad — including some background info on the writing of “Walk on the Ocean” and “I Will Not Take These Things for Granted.”

Glen also talks about what he values in a co-writer; whether he finds it easier to write for an assignment; the background for his collaboration with John Askew on “Secrets of the New Explorers” and “Remote Tree Children.” We also ask Glen for his thoughts on writing lyrics and avoiding cliches.

Toad fans will be interested in hearing Glen briefly speak about the new album that Toad the Wet Sprocket is working on, and the style and flavor of the new songs he’s been writing for that album. Oh, and we include a speed round of about 20 random questions on Glen’s various preferences that aren’t necessarily musically related.

And as always, we play an entire song by our guest. Glen chose his song, “Rise Up,” and he shares a very personal story behind the writing of that song.

This bonus episode also features two guest hosts and songwriters, Bill Barnes and Chris Barragan — along with your usual hosts, Craig Tovey and Jason Pyles. And Grant Adams graciously agreed to sit out during this show, since we had so many interviewers. Thanks, Grant. We owe you.

Links from this episode:

GLEN PHILLIPS.com

Purchase Music: Glen Phillips on Bandcamp (also see Jason’s recommendations below)

Glen’s Facebook fan page

Glen on Twitter: @GlenPhillips

See Glen perform live: Tour Dates

Watch Bill Barnes sing “Walk on the Ocean” with Glen Phillips at the Club Cafe in Pittsburgh, Pa., Summer 2006.

A must-own recommendation from Jason: Glen’s “Abulum” DVD. (This features live, solo-acoustic performances and interviews. Buy it!)

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET.com

Toad on Twitter: @ToadWetSprocket

Toad’s Facebook fan page

Glen’s favorite Toad album: Dulcinea

Jason’s favorite Toad album: Pale

Other Glen Phillips CDs that Jason recommends:

Winter Pays for Summer

Mr. Lemons

Unlucky Seven

Abulum

Live at Largo

Other Toad the Wet Sprocket CDs that Jason recommends:

In Light Syrup

Coil

PS: A Toad Retrospective

Some Live Glen YouTube Videos That Jason Recommends:

“Windmills” (live)

“Released” (live)

“Rise Up” (live)

“Comes a Time” (live)

“Train Wreck” (live) Listen to this lyric-writing!

“Marigolds” (live)

The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month — and we’ll be posting Episode 10 here on June 1. If you aspire to be a professional musician and you haven’t heard our previous show, Episode 9, featuring “Nashville” Steve Rempis, then this is a must-listen podcast episode. (And by the way, if you dig horror movies, Craig and Jason host a horror movie podcast called HORROR METROPOLIS. Check it out!)

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

This bonus episode of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on May 2, 2012.

Episode 9 features our honorary fourth co-host — the author of our Moving to Nashville segment, “Nashville” Steve Rempis.

In this genuinely inspiring episode, Steve talks about Taking the Leap to Launch a Professional Music Career, as well as other, related topics, such as: How do you know when you’re ready to pursue a full-time music career? How do you know if you’ve “got what it takes” to become a professional musician? Should you move to Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles or some other place to launch your career? What happens if you never “make it”? Steve also teaches about making your music interesting, as well as many other topics.

Nashville Steve also debuts his brand new song on The Songwriting Podcast — “A Little Behind” — and he gives some insights into his method and inspiration for writing it.

Find Steve Rempis and all his important links here:

SteveRempis.com

Facebook

Twitter

Bandcamp

CD Baby

Reverbnation

And of course, this episode also features specialty segments, such as our Send Your Song segment, where we discuss Cole Hansen’s songs, “Tightrope Walker” and “The Home I Build.”

Cole Hansen on Soundcloud

Cole Hansen on Facebook

Next Month’s Send Your Song Submission: Bryan Odeen’s “Be More.” Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Steve also talks about what’s coming up on his next few Moving to Nashville segments. And naturally, we have more of Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did (because there’s never any shortage). This month Jason lists 8 dumb things that you should never do during live performances. And we have this month’s segment of Mesake’s Tunes, where Mesake debuts the first verse and chorus that he has ever written!

And Grant Adams returns for this episode, brining you Grant’s Rants … and Raves (with a new theme song by Nashville Steve Rempis).

Grant’s Rant: Kid Rock’s song “All Summer Long” (and everything else he’s done). Here’s a song that takes samples from “Sweet Home Alabama” for the chorus, and “Werewolves of London” for the verses. Yet, amazingly, the lyrics of the song are about his good old days in northern Michigan! How did this happen? If I knew the record execs who actually gave Kid Rock the permission to bastardize these classic songs, I would order them tarred and feathered. Take note, dear listeners, this might just be one of the worst songs that has ever been recorded. Remember, as a word of warning, the music you listen to affects the music you write.

If you feel like you’ve been bad and need to abuse yourself in some little way, go to TheArtistDen.com and listen to the Kid Rock set. You can listen to him perform his songs live and do mediocre versions of some of the great classic rock songs you’ve grown up with.

On the other hand, if you feel like rewarding yourself, go to the same Web site and skip to Iron & Wine, which takes me to my raves.

Grant’s Raves:
Iron & Wine – The albums have a sweetness and introspective quality to them. Sam Beam has become one of today’s greatest songwriters and storytellers. His lyrics can even be read as poetry. Listen to them in an entirely new light as he guides an 11-piece band and plays most of the songs from the latest album.

Gotye – Some friends of mine drove over 1,000 miles to stay with us in Denver last weekend so they could see this band live. Check them out at Gotye.com, and listen to their cool duet single, “Somebody That I Used to Know” and remixes here: Soundcloud.com/Gotye.

Finally, since this is the Nashville Steve Rempis episode, I think it’s fitting to rave about a throwback from the midwest. Check out John Melloncamp’s album “Scarecrow” from 1985. This was back in the John “Cougar” Melloncamp days. Highlights include “Rain on the Scarecrow” and “Small Town.”

And at the very end of this episode — after our outro music — we’ve tacked on a short interview with the $50 winner of the “Dumb Things That Rob Does” theme song contest for The Traders Podcast. That prize-winning songwriter is Dan Korhonen of Dan’s Acoustic Garage (his co-writer was “Fluff Dawg”). We get to hear Dan and Fluff Dawg’s jingle, as well as clips from Dan’s Acoustic Garage songs, “Born to Fail” and “Doorstop Jingle.” Here are Dan’s links:

The U.P. Music Scene on Facebook

Dan’s Acoustic Garage on Facebook

Dan’s Acoustic Garage on Bandcamp

The U.P. Music Scene Podcast

The U.P. Music Scene Podcast (on iTunes)

The Music Business Books That Steve Refers to in Episode 9:

The Songwriter’s and Musician’s Guide to Nashville by Sherry Bond.

The Do’s & Dont’s of Music Row by Liz Hengber.

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Don’t forget to watch for an amazing BONUS episode that will be released on May 15!

Episode 9 of The Songwriting Podcast was mostly recorded on April 18, 2012, and this episode is dedicated to Mrs. “Nashville” Cally Rempis, whose support of her favorite songwriter is truly inspirational.

But this show is a BONUS episode featuring a lecture-style interview with a songwriter duo called Life Is Hard, consisting of Robert Iutzwig and Tim Marshall.

Life Is Hard has one of the best examples of a professional online presence that we’ve seen from indie musicians who aren’t funded by the marketing muscle of a major label. So, The Songwriting Podcast asked these experts to teach us all about Internet Marketing and Recording on a Budget.

In fact, Life Is Hard was kind enough to prepare a very valuable, 16-page PDF document from their lecture notes, which also include various links. Click here to download Life Is Hard’s Indie Artist Guide to Music Marketing.

And as always, we took some time to play a song by Rob and Tim called “Red Rocks.” They explain their songwriting process for that tune afterward.

LIFE IS HARD Links (See what we mean?) :

Web site

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Soundcloud

CD Baby

Musicians Together

Our Stage

Reverbnation

Bandmix

last.fm (indie radio)

Radio Indy (indie radio)

IM Radio (indie radio)

… And we think they have even more, but you get the point. Life Is Hard is working hard and doing their Internet marketing right.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams (though he’s absent during this episode) and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month — and we’ll be posting Episode 9 here on May 1.

And here is a list of some other links referenced during this episode:

The “Driftin’ Away” video”

The “Life Is Hard” video

The Dave Eaton Element’s Bandcamp Page

Bandcamp

Pomplamoose

Pomplamoose’s YouTube Music Video for “Bust Your Knee Caps”

A MUST-READ Article on Pomplamoose by the Houston Press

Kawika Heftel at Heftel Studios

Book recommendation: “Making Music Make Money” by Eric Beall

Book recommendation: “Songwriters on Songwriting: Revised and Expanded” by Paul Zollo

“The Devil and Daniel Johnston” (2005)

Studio Pros.com

SugarHill Studios

Nick Matzke

Guitarist John Kiefer

The Songwriting Podcast’s Facebook Fan Page

The Songwriting Podcast’s Twitter: @SongPodcast

Listener Feedback Hotline — (801) 382-8789

SEND YOUR SONG — songwritingpodcast@gmail.com

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

This bonus episode of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on April 7, 2012.

Episode 8 features three songwriters: Jeremy Batten, Michael Stewart, and Bill Barnes.

(Jeremy and Michael also play for the band The Ultimatums. You can also find Michael Stewart on Facebook.)

Our topical themes are Composition — with some music theory discussion included — and Writing Concise Lyrics and overall Writing Method, among other things. We take an in-depth look at Jeremy’s song, “Questions” — and we also listen to Michael’s song, “Nothing.”

And of course, this episode also features specialty segments, such as Send Your Song (where we have two very interesting submissions to review: “Lost and Found” by Vincent Tomasso and “In the Sky” by Fizzy Mits); Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did (led by Jason’s long-time songwriter best friend, Bill Barnes); and Moving to Nashville, which features “Nashville” Steve Rempis. We also introduce Jason’s new songwriting student, Mesake Finau, who brings us “Mesake’s Tunes,” a segment that will supplement Craig Can Write. Grant Adams was unable to join us again this month, so his Grant’s Rants … and Raves! segment is still missing.

Moving to Nashville: This month Nashville Steve Rempis teaches us about copyrighting. Thanks, Steve!

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding — as well as seasoned songwriters — to send their songs to us, and we will critique them on the show, giving constructive feedback, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Episode 8 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on March 21, 2012.

But this show is a BONUS episode featuring an interview with filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig, the director who made the must-see music documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” (2005).

Jeff Feuerzeig is an award-winning director, non-fiction filmmaker and screenwriter. Jeff won the top documentary directing honors at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for his film “The Devil and Daniel Johnston.” This film also won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.

Our theme for this episode is Motivation: Creating Art for Art’s Sake, and we discuss Jeff’s documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” and its titular subject, songwriter Daniel Johnston, to illustrate our conversation.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams (though he’s absent during this episode) and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month — and we’ll be posting Episode 8 here on April 1.

For more information on Jeff Feuerzeig and his films, including “The Real Rocky,” “The Dude,” “The Devil and Daniel Johnston,” “Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King” and other upcoming films, visit his site at www.JeffFeuerzeig.com.

You can hear another great podcast interview with Jeff Feuerzeig regarding his film “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” on The Documentary Blog Podcast, Episode 1. This interview covers more of the filmmaking background and more interesting information about Daniel Johnston. Highly recommended!

Here are some other links to check out relating to Daniel Johnston:

The album that Jeff Feuerzeig highly recommended: “It’s Spooky”

A Few Daniel Johnston YouTube Videos:
— Story of an Artist
— Some Things Last a Long Time
— True Love Will Find You in the End
— I Live My Broken Dreams

Hi How Are You.com

Daniel Johnston Web Store: HiHowAreYou.com

A decent Daniel Johnston discography (with individual song listings)

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

This bonus episode of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on March 14, 2012, and it’s dedicated to manager Jeff Tartakov.

Episode 7 features two Songwriting Podcast listeners and senders of the wildly popular, hit song “Hiding in the Basement” — Nate Johnivan and Cole Hansen.

Find their Facebook fan page here: Nate and Cole Find a Radio.

Back in Episode 5, Nate and Cole sent their song into our show to be critiqued by Corey Graham and us. We were so impressed with their taste, style and musicianship, that we had to invite them onto the show as our guests. We’re grateful they accepted before they become ultra-busy, run-away rock stars.

Our topical themes are Writing Quote-Worthy Lyrics and Adding Tasteful Harmonies, among other things. We take an in-depth look at the lyrics of Nate’s song, “Moving Day” — as well as “Hiding in the Basement.” If you listeners will be patient with our rambunctious tangents, I think you’ll find that this is a revealing episode where we have two musicians that share some powerful and personal gems about their songwriting.

And of course, this episode also features specialty segments, such as Send Your Song (where Jason has placed one of his darlings on the chopping block), Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did and Moving to Nashville, which features “Nashville” Steve Rempis. We also have an announcement about the Craig Can Write segment. Grant Adams was unable to join us this month, so his Grant’s Rants … and Raves! segment is missing, sadly.

Moving to Nashville: This month Nashville Steve Rempis teaches us about the NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International).

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding — as well as seasoned songwriters — to send their songs to us, and we will critique them on the show, giving constructive feedback, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. Since Jason took part in critiquing Nate and Cole’s song, he thought turn-about was fair play. So, Jason shares a rough demo of his song, “Wheeling,” to get some help on this work in progress. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Nate and Cole Find a Radio Soundcloud page:

Your hosts of The Songwriting Podcast are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Most of Episode 7 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on February 22, but we had to plug in some post-production segments on February 28 and 29, as well.

Episode 6 features songwriter and performer Cory Mon, the front man behind Cory Mon and the Starlight Gospel. Our discussion topic theme is Paying Your Dues and Touring, among other things. We take a closer look at Cory’s tune, “Hold,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Send Your Song, Craig Can Write, Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did, and Moving to Nashville, which features Steve Rempis.

During this episode, Cory Mon talks about his label, My Forlorn Wallet Records. Visit this article to learn more about this label and to read some interesting Q&A’s with Cory Mon. You can also find Cory Mon and his music on iTunes, CD Baby and Amazon.com.

Moving to Nashville: Nashville Steve Rempis gives us the gripping conclusion to last month’s report. And as promised, here are the critiques from Big Tractor:

BIG TRACTOR PUBLISHING’S LIST OF REQUESTED CHANGES TO “40”
1. Too negative- cheer it up
2. Too specific- would have to be pitched to someone around 40 years old
3. Make the protagonist more likable- listeners don’t want to pity the singer
4. Lose the long “hard E” in the choruses (40…) for something more “sing-able”
5. Too fast- reduce the tempo by 10% or so
6. Too “wordy”- try and say more with fewer syllables
7. Lose the vocal bridge- replace with a guitar solo

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding as well as seasoned songwriters to send their songs to us, and we will critique them on the show, giving constructive feedback, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For this episode, Robert Iutzwig and Tim Marshall of “Life Is Hard” sent their song, “Fly With You,” for this review segment. There is a video for this song here.

And by the way, we found out that the exceptional female vocalist featured in this song is Sheree Howard (here is a video of her). You can find this very professional group on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Soundcloud and CD Baby, where you can purchase their music. (And by the way, while “Fly With You” is a modern pop love song, there is also a contemporary Christian, crossover, sister song titled “Fly Away,” and that video can be found here.) Feel free to contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Grant’s Rants … and Raves
Rants — Snow Patrol released its sixth album, “Fallen Empires,” a few months ago. If you know their music, you’ll notice how the CD is a sort of a departure from their past sound, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, generally, but in this case it is. It’s just a matter of preference, but I liked their earlier, more bare-bones sound from the first album. I’m sure the album will get a mixed reaction from listeners, but for me it’s a Rant.

Raves — Nick Lowe has always set the standard for smart pop music. You know him for his hit songs: “Cruel To Be Kind” or “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding,” of which the best-known version was recorded by Elvis Costello. His latest album, “The Old Magic,” continues Lowe’s late-career evolution with what some have called his best yet. Mojo placed the album at No. 31 on its list of Top 50 Albums of 2011. “The Old Magic” features three ballads, three covers and a few catchy pop songs.

Featured MP3: David Bazan, “Wolves at the Door” — David Bazan is a singer-songwriter from Seattle. Bazan is probably best known for being the lead singer for the band Pedro the Lion. He’s also been involved with many other bands and collaborations, mostly out of Seattle, including: Scientific, The Soft Drugs, and Headphones. In early 2006, he began performing and recording under his own name and has released a few albums. “Strange Negotiations” is David Bazan’s second full-length studio album. It was released last May. I say it’s one of his best releases, and I would urge you to go download it on Amazon. This is my favorite song on the album. It’s called “Wolves at the Door.”

Be sure to listen to the very end of this episode to hear Nate Johnivan’s revised version of the Send Your Song submission featured last month.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

Episode 6 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on January 25, 2012.

But this show is a BONUS episode featuring a 38-minute interview with songwriter Jacob Sproul, the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Rose Hill Drive. He has played with such bands as The Who, Stone Temple Pilots, The Black Crowes, Wilco, Queens of the Stone Age, Gov’t Mule and Aerosmith. The artwork pictured above is the album cover of “Americana,” and the photograph was taken by Jacob Sproul.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey (though he’s absent during this episode), Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month — and we’ll be posting Episode 6 here on February 1.

For more information on Jacob Sproul and Rose Hill Drive, you can visit the band’s Facebook fan page.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

This bonus episode of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on January 9, 2012.

Episode 5 features prolific songwriter and recording artist Corey Graham (aka “Midnight Corey”). Our discussion topic theme is Orchestrating Your Song, among other things. We take a closer look at Corey’s tune, “Bananastick,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Send Your Song, Craig Can Write, Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did, and Moving to Nashville, featuring Steve Rempis.

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding and seasoned songwriters to send your song to us, and we will critique it on the show, giving you constructive feedback on your work, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For this episode, Nate Johnivan sent his song, “The Change in Me” for this review segment. Contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Grant’s Rants … and Raves
Rants — As we look back on the music released in 2011, we have much to rant about. But after looking at my list of rants, I realized the worst songs of the year have already been posted online. Go to this link. It also includes YouTube videos of the related videos for you to watch. Some are bad; some are awful; and some are just impossible to watch.

Raves — There has also been lots of good music to check out over the past year. Some of my favorites include:
— Bon Iver’s self-titled CD, released June 21. He has a great cover of a Bob Dylan song you can watch on YouTube.
— The Roots: Undun – A concept album released in December that’s one of their best releases.
— Mastadon: The Hunter – Another intense release from Mastadon that’s both tight and thematically creative.
— The Black Keys: El Camino – Fun and funky — the Black Keys just get better with every release.

Featured MP3: “When I Was Young” by Nada Surf: You can buy their new album, “The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy,” on January 24. There is also a link on their Web site to download this whole song.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

For more information on Corey Graham, you can visit MidnightCorey.com and you can download free MP3’s of his music here.

FYI: The film that Jason and Craig recommended during this episode is called “The Devil and Daniel Johnston.” It is a must-see for any songwriter!

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

And by the way, if you like this podcast, Jason hosts two movie-related shows called the Considering the Sequels Podcast and he co-hosts The Weekly Horror Movie Podcast with his pal, Craig “Terror” Tovey. And by the way, Corey Graham is also one of the regular co-hosts on The Weekly Horror Movie Podcast.

Episode 5 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on December 19, 2011.

Episode 4 features three songwriters from the children’s, hit television show, Yo Gabba Gabba. This episode features Music Supervisor Ben Schultz, Composer and Sound Editor Adam Deibert, and songwriter “Mossy.” Our discussion topic theme is the Business of TV Series Writing and Children’s Songwriting, among other things. We take a closer look at the Yo Gabba Gabba medley “Save the Princess,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Send Your Song, Craig Can Write — and two new segments: Don’t Do the Dumb Things That Jason Did and Moving to Nashville, featuring Steve Rempis.

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding and seasoned songwriters to send your song to us, and we will critique it on the show, giving you constructive feedback on your work, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For this fourth episode, Steve Rempis sent his song, “40” for this review segment. Contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Grant’s Rants … and Raves by Grant Adams
Rants: As promised, I’ve got some nasty cuts, along with some healthy alternatives for hard rock and R&B groups with female singers. One is too tame and one is totally lame. Paramore is releasing three singles over three months on the radio and on their Web site. The first is called “Renegade.” The lyrics go, “I’m a renegade. It’s in my blood,” but the song is so mild I’m not sure anyone buys that. Next, you can do yourself a favor and avoid Rihanna’s new CD. Absolutely meaningless and boring. If you’re looking for some good music, leave the Wal-Mart music department and go to a real record store. Look for a ’90s hard rock band called Eleven. Their talented singer-bassist, Natasha Shneider, has recently passed away but left some great music behind. The other two band members are in Spinerette, another awesome band, led by Smokin’ Brody Dalle. If R&B is your thing, I recommend the new Jill Scott or Mary J. Blige albums, or better yet, Janelle Monae.

Raves: If you’re looking for some good music to give over the holidays, get these stocking-stuffers: First off, The Black Keys’ new album, “El Camino,” is available December 6, and you can pre-order it now on their Web site. The first single is already out, and each album has gotten better, more experimental and more soulful at the same time. Go check it out. Mumford & Sons is expected to have a new CD out soon. I thought I’d be tired of listening to their CD, “Sigh No More,” but surprisingly, that hasn’t happened yet. Any band that makes it onto the popular, modern-alternative stations with a banjo is cool with me. Plus, the songs are really well written. Finally, check out a band I just discovered called The Sharp Things. They’re a New York City-based chamber pop collective that’s actually been around since the ’90s. This group has a really dynamic sound. They’re led by singer-songwriter Perry Serpa and feature 11 musicians, though they’ve had more than 30 artists come and go over the past decade. Look for their upcoming fourth studio album.

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

For more information on Yo Gabba Gabba and its songwriters, you can visit Yo Gabba Gabba.com or the Yo Gabba Gabba production blog. Craig recommends the Aquabats’ “We Can Do It” clip, and Grant recommends checking out the Yo Gabba Gabba.com Halloween Mixulator.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

And by the way, if you like this podcast, Jason hosts two movie-related shows called the Considering the Sequels Podcast and he co-hosts The Weekly Horror Movie Podcast with his pal, Craig “Terror” Tovey.

For next month’s episode, we’ll be featuring songwriter “Midnight Corey” Graham, whose music can be found at MidnightCorey.com/music.

Episode 4 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on November 23, 2011.

Episode 3 features songwriter Tyson Henrie. Our discussion topic theme is Songwriting as Your Tastes and Influences Develop, among other things. We take a closer look at Tyson Henrie’s song “Makeadecision,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Send Your Song and Craig Can Write, but unfortunately it does not include Grant’s Rants — and Raves, as he was not able to join us for this show.

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding and seasoned songwriters to send your song to us, and we will critique it on the show, giving you constructive feedback on your work, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For this third episode, Frederick Ingram sent his song, “Waimoku III” for this review segment. You can see a YouTube video of it here. Contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Craig Can Write: Host Craig Tovey began as only a musician, but he is transforming into a songwriter. He is learning how to write songs from Jason Pyles and Grant Adams, as well as from talking with our various guests. Craig is having at least one formal songwriting lesson from Jason each month, and then he’ll implement what he’s leaning and report on his journey during the podcast. Eventually we’ll get to hear a sample of Craig’s original songwriting. Craig can write — and our assertion is — you can, too!

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

For more information on Tyson Henrie, you can visit his Facebook page, Arson Car’s Facebook fan page — or download his “Vestiges” EP free on Bandcamp.com.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

And by the way, if you like this podcast, Jason hosts three movie-related shows called the Considering the Sequels Podcast, The Best Picture Podcast and he co-hosts The Weekly Horror Movie Podcast with his pal, Craig “Terror” Tovey.

Episode 3 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on October 20, 2011.

Episode 2 features songwriter Libbie Linton. Our discussion topic theme is writing on-demand versus writing from inspiration, among other things. We take a closer look at Libbie Linton’s song “Edith Sings for Us,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Grant’s Rants — and Raves, Send Your Song and Craig Can Write.

Grant’s Rant: Pandora Radio

Grant’s Raves: #1 Record (1972) and Thirteen (2009) by Big Star

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding and seasoned songwriters to send your song to us, and we will critique it on the show, giving you constructive feedback on your work, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For this second episode, Grant Adams was coerced to yield his song, “Jesus and His Sheep” for this review segment. Contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Craig Can Write: Host Craig Tovey began as only a musician, but he is transforming into a songwriter. He is learning how to write songs from Jason Pyles and Grant Adams, as well as from talking with our various guests. Craig is having at least one formal songwriting lesson from Jason each month, and then he’ll implement what he’s leaning and report on his journey during the podcast. Eventually — actually, in this very episode — we get to hear a sample of Craig’s original songwriting. Craig can write — and our assertion is — you can, too!

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

For more information on Libbie Linton, you can visit her Facebook fan page , Libbie Linton.com — or order her music on iTunes or at CDBaby.com. (You can also find her on YouTube.)

The songwriting book mentioned in this episode is “The Complete Handbook of Songwriting: An Insider’s Guide to Making It in the Music Industry.” (These links are affiliate links with Amazon.com; if you purchase through them, this podcast will receive a little financial kick-back.)

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

And by the way, if you like this podcast, Jason hosts two other movie-related shows called the Considering the Sequels Podcast and The Best Picture Podcast.

Episode 2 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on September 12, 2011.

Episode 1 features folk rock songwriter Dave Eaton of the Dave Eaton Element. Our discussion topic theme is personal songwriting versus commercial songwriting, among other things. We take a closer look at Dave Eaton’s song “Cherubic,” and of course, this episode also features our specialty segments, Grant’s Rants — and Raves, Send Your Song and Craig Can Write — which are all explained more below.

Grant’s Rants: Rant — Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night.” The wannabe actor / singer who started her career with the ghastly “I Kissed a Girl,” dishes out more of the same, brainless schlock that we’ve come to expect. Quick sample of the lyrics: “Last Friday night, yeah, we danced on table tops, and we took too many shots — think we kissed, but I forgot.” She tries to be naughty; she tries to be funny but ends up simply trying too hard.

Rave: Steely Dan, “Do It Again” — The breakout hit from their first album back in 1972 delivers more than you might expect from just reading the song title. The lyrics from the chorus are equally simple: “You go back, Jack, do it again; wheel turnin’ round and round” (repeat). But the variety of the lyrics in the verses really delivers. They cover topics of addiction, second chances and the inevitability of fate. Plus, the song is super-catchy and reels you in from the beginning with a toe-tapping introduction featuring drums and congas played by Jim Hodder.

Rave: Amy Winehouse, “Back to Black” — Yes, everyone has been picking up Winehouse’s music since her untimely death, but it is well worth getting into. Her second album, “Back to Black,” is amazing and absolutely deserves its five Grammy Awards.

Send Your Song: The hosts of The Songwriting Podcast invite budding and seasoned songwriters to send your song to us, and we will critique it on the show, giving constructive feedback on your work, which consists of positive and negative points, and is merely based on our opinions. For our first show, host Jason Pyles volunteered his song, “Waltz Into the Water,” for the Send Your Song review segment. Contact us about sending your song at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com.

Craig Can Write: Host Craig Tovey is a musician but not a songwriter … yet. He is going to be learning how to write songs from co-hosts Jason Pyles and Grant Adams — as well as from talking with our various guests. Craig is going to have at least one formal songwriting lesson from Jason each month, and then he’ll implement what he’s learning and report on his journey each month. Eventually, we’ll be hearing Craig’s own original songs. Craig can write, and our assertion is — you can, too!

Your hosts are Craig Tovey, Grant Adams and Jason Pyles. The Songwriting Podcast posts new episodes on the first day of every month. To contact us or to send your feedback, you can leave a voice mail at (801) 382-8789, or as noted above, you can e-mail us at SongwritingPodcast@Gmail.com. And you can also find us on Facebook.

For more information on Dave Eaton, you can sample or order his music at http://daveeaton.bandcamp.com/. Listen to Dave Eaton’s “Autism Anthem” on YouTube. And you can contact Dave Eaton at EatonElement@Gmail.com.

We’d like to thank the Dave Eaton Element for the use of its tunes for our theme music, and we’d also like to thank Kara Brewer for her graphic design work.

And by the way, if you like this podcast, Jason hosts two other movie-related shows called the Considering the Sequels Podcast and The Best Picture Podcast.

Episode 1 of The Songwriting Podcast was recorded on August 4, 2011.