Anatomy of a Song

About Anatomy of a Song

Are you a songwriter who'd like to take a song idea into the studio to make a recording? Or maybe a poet that would like to turn your poetry into lyrics? "Anatomy of a Song" takes you from demo to disc. Host Greg Smith, an accomplished songwriter with 14 albums of his own recordings, as well as a producer and session musician on over 100 other releases, talks with musicians of all genres about how a spark of inspiration turned into a lyric, and then a song. Greg and his guests break down the process of making a home demo, then refining it. They also discuss the inner workings of a professional studio environment: the role of producers, session players and engineers. Or if you'd like to keep in all "in-house", some of the gear you'll need to create your own home studio in order to produce radio- and streaming-friendly recordings. Even the process of protecting your music through copyright. "Anatomy of a Song": from inspiration to composition to recording to release.

Publisher

Greg Smith

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Nov 2024

Latest episode

5 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Mar 2025

   Episode 5B: Ali Sharif: "Down, Down, Down" Part Two

   In the second of a two part interview, Ali Sharif discusses the process through which he created his House Music track, "Down, Down, Down". We also hear the demos he went through to get to the final track. Your host is Greg Smith.

2. 

   4 Mar 2025

   Episode 5A: Ali Sharif: "Down, Down, Down" Part One

   This is Part One of a two-part conversation with songwiter, performer and music indutry executive Ali Sharif. In this episode we discuss Ali's music roots and inspirations. Your host, as always, is Greg Smith.

3. 

   8 Dec 2024

   Episode 4B: Tommy Townsend: "I Like Money" Part Two

   In the continuation of our conversation with Nashville legend Tommy Townsend, he talks about a unique collaboration with a rap artist which led to an amazing track.

4. 

   8 Dec 2024

   Episode 4A: Tommy Townsend: "I Like Money" Part One

   Part One of our conversation with Nashville legend Tommy Townsend. In this episode, he talks about his musical roots, mentors and songwriting process.

5. 

   29 Nov 2024

   Episode 3B: Gavyn Thorsell: "Postacrd" Part Two

   The conclusion of my conversation with Gavyn Thorsell and his song "Postcard".

6. 

   29 Nov 2024

   Episode 3A: Gavyn Thorsell: "Postcard" Part One

   Part One of Two of my conversation with Gavyn Thorsell about his new release "Postcard".

7. 

   19 Nov 2024

   Episode 2: Greg Smith "Carry Me Away"

   Greg presents another of his songs, "Carry Me Away", to illustrate to process of creating a demo and then through to a finished song. Clips from his personal demos for the song, along with tracks from the studio recordings. (This song is from his album "Get Back to You".)

8. 

   19 Nov 2024

   Episode 1: Greg Smith "And I Answer"

   Greg presents one of his songs, "And I Answer", to illustrate to process of creating a demo and then through to a finished song. Clips from his personal demos for the song, along with tracks from the studio recordings. (This song is from his album "Get Back to You".)

9. 

   19 Nov 2024

   Episode Zero: The Basics

   In our introductory episode, Greg discusses the process of creating lyrics and then a demo of your music. Then it's into the studio to further refine the song into a release-ready finished product. Whether you're creating music for yourself or the marketplace, Greg goes over some helpful "do's and don't's" to take your music from demo to streaming.

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

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24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

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