Anatomy of a Song

By: Greg Smith
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  • Summary

  • 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.
    Copyright 2024 by Greg Smith
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Episodes
  • Episode Two: "Carry Me Away"

    Episode Two: "Carry Me Away"
    Nov 19 2024

    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".)
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    23 mins
  • Episode One: "And I Answer"

    Episode One: "And I Answer"
    Nov 19 2024

    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".)
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    24 mins
  • Episode Zero: The Basics

    Episode Zero: The Basics
    Nov 19 2024

    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.
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    12 mins

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