Songwriter Connection
Hosted by Dave Lenahan · Dave Lenahan
5.0from 387 ratings
- 286
- Episodes
- 135
- Transcribed
- 387
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 41K
- YouTube views
About Songwriter Connection
Looking at the craft of songwriting through the eyes of the songwriters. Originating in Nashville Tennessee, we'll have guest songwriters talking about the stories behind the songs and playing their song too!
- Publisher
- Dave Lenahan
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 28 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
135 of 286 episodes have a transcript.
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AJ Rosales - Progressively Acoustic - EP - 284
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Geoff Reid - Live at the Local - Ep 280
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bill O'Hanlon + J4 - Being of Sound Mind - Ep - 283
Inside a recent episode
AJ Rosales - Progressively Acoustic - EP - 284
Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Do you listen to the melody as you do that? I do. And honestly, my process is really iterative. I'll probably go through four or five different versions of the song before I get it complete. And it all starts with maybe a 10 or 15 second snippet of an idea. Because when I start playing my guitar, usually I'll just noodle around for... you know 10-15 minutes before i ever start playing anything and that and that sort of inevitably leads to some musical idea coming out and then i'll record it on my phone or something like that like that people record i've done that ideas like that and i have like a library of ideas that i've that i use and i go back to it once in a while when i'm when i've run out of ideas or whatever i'll say that theme's interesting i want to develop that and then i'll take take it back and see where it goes you know Go back to that song. […]
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- AJ Rosales
- Geoff Reid
- Bill O'Hanlon
- J-4
- Briana Lyn
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 40,892
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 356 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 96
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Dave Lenahan host the show. Published by Dave Lenahan.
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