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How Songs Are Made

Trey Xavier

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Education

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 36

Hello fellow songwriters, I’m Trey Xavier and this is the How Songs Are Made podcast. You may know me from the Gear Gods YouTube channel or my band In Virtue. And on this show, I’ll be talking to notable musical artists to learn about their songwriting process, how it is that they go from a seed of an idea to a full-blown song arrangement, and all the steps in between.

I’m here to bring the songwriting wisdom of the masters of the craft to you directly, and to get the most usable advice from them to make you the most effective songwriter you can be. There are some other podcasts out there about songwriting, but this is the only one focused on finding out the HOW - the real techniques and creative process that real successful songwriters use to write their best songs.

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Cole Rolland

Season 2 · Episode 5

mercredi 2 août 2023 • Duration 01:04:11

Trey Xavier talks to Cole Rolland about his songwriting process and his new song "Echo."

Listen to "Echo" on YouTube.

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David Ellefson (Dieth)

Season 2 · Episode 4

mercredi 5 juillet 2023 • Duration 01:12:59

David Ellefson joins Trey Xavier to talk about Dieth's debut album To Hell and Back.

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Charlotte Wessels

Episode 24

mercredi 5 octobre 2022 • Duration 01:08:43

Charlotte Wessels joins the podcast to discuss her songwriting process and how it differs when writing solo versus writing with others.

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Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!)

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Amaranthe

Episode 23

mercredi 7 septembre 2022 • Duration 02:05:04

Elize and Olof from Amaranthe join Trey Xavier to discuss how the band writes songs, their ability to keep working on new music, and much more.

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Sean Ashe

Episode 22

mercredi 24 août 2022 • Duration 01:40:17

Sean Ashe joins Trey Xavier to discuss making guitar music melodic again, imposter syndrome, and much more.

Check out Sean's video for "Tangerine Dream."

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Revocation

Episode 21

mercredi 17 août 2022 • Duration 01:57:41

Dave Davidson from Revocation joins the podcast to talk about the band's upcoming album, his music knowledge, and more.

Check out Revocation: https://www.revocationband.com/

Check out Trey's new song presave: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/treyxavier1/back

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Nik Nocturnal

Episode 20

mercredi 20 juillet 2022 • Duration 01:41:24

Nik Nocturnal joins the podcast to talk about how he writes songs and how the methods differ between projects.

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Interloper

Episode 19

mercredi 22 juin 2022 • Duration 01:47:23

What is Interloper doing that makes their music SO interesting? Andrew Virrueta and Miles Dimitri Baker join the podcast to answer that crucial question!

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Jason Richardson

Episode 18

mercredi 15 juin 2022 • Duration 01:58:04

Jason Richardson joins the podcast to discuss how he writes songs. He dives into the collaboration process, how he uses pop structure, and much more.