Season 1
Episodes
Ep 142: Sync Is Not A Golden Goose
Sync isn't where songs go when they didn't work anywhere else. Geoff Duncan (SFG coach and sync producer) and I get real about what it actually takes: listening to what's getting placed, never pitching a near-miss,...
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Ep 141: Your Skill Isn't Enough. You Need an AND
I never got work because I was the best guitarist in the room. I got work because I was a guitarist AND I could do the next thing.
Everyone walking into a co-write says the same two things: lyrics are my strength, or...
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Ep 140: Why Your Song Sounds "Almost Good" (How To Find The Broken Part)
Ever write a song that just doesn't land, and you can't figure out why?
Try the Three Room Test: split your song into lyrics, melody, and chords, and check if each one delivers the same feeling on its own. Nine times...
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Ep 139: Why the Same Feedback Fixed One Song and Wrecked the Other
Two songwriters, same Zoom feedback session. One showed up in bed and got defensive at every note. The other said thank you before we even started and took notes the whole time. Same feedback, two completely different...
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Ep 138: Only 4% of Producers Are Women (Here's Her Edge)
In this one, Grace and I get into what it's actually like producing in a 96% male industry, the comments that tell her the mix is wrong before anyone's even heard the whole song, and why she leans into being called a...
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Ep 137: What Artist Identity Actually Means
In this one, CB, SFG Coach/Nashville based Artist, breaks down what artist identity actually is, the songs, the visuals, the way you dress, the genre you're willing to claim out loud.
We get into why so many...
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Ep 136: Stop Layering Guitars — The Fix for Muddy Demos
Your guitar isn't the problem. How you're recording it is. SFG Coach, Zachary and I get into why so many home demos end up sounding muddy, and it's almost never the playing.
It's proximity, it's reflections you don't...
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Ep 135: I Wrote 600+ Songs I Knew I'd Never Use. I'd Do It All Again.
I told you my biggest regret in music a couple weeks ago. This one's the flip side.
600+ songs. Written on purpose, knowing most of them wouldn't go anywhere. Here's why I'd do every single one again, plus the three...
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Ep 134: The Secret to Lyrics That Actually Feel Like Something
Ever write a line you thought was great, only to realize it's just a list of facts with no feeling behind it? In this one I sit down with Alden Hedges, touring bass player, songwriter, and one of our SFG coaches, to...
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Ep 133: Why Brands Toss Your Track (Ad & Commercial Producer Tells All)
I sat down with Alex Lake, a producer who's worked on ad and brand campaigns for DIRECTV, BuzzFeed, and WWE Legends, and asked him to break down what actually happens between "I wrote a great song" and that song...
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Ep 132: The 4 Stall Patterns Killing Your Songs — Which One Is You?
Four things quietly killing your songwriting and you've probably got at least one. Matty Finn and I break down the patterns we see over and over: no direction, knowledge over application, unwillingness to write bad...
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Ep 131: My Biggest Regret In Music (And What It Cost Me)
In 2007 I was sitting on a phone call with the manager of McFly and Busted, multi-platinum-selling bands that were selling out Wembley Arena. He gave me key advice, I completely ignored it. Didn't touch it for almost...
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