Down to the Beat

This week Logan Brown welcomes on a very special guest, a fantastic singer/songwriter, she once saved his life using the milk of a goat, the love of his life; Savannah Shea. Savannah breaks down four of her songs as she gears up to re-release her entire catalogue. Spread out over three albums totalling 40 songs releasing this year. By breaking down some of her tracks, her and Logan demystify the songwriting process and hopefully teach you a thing or two.

Logan sits down with singer/songwriter and former child actor Taylor Abrahamse. Taylor is a renowned finger style guitar player with a unique voice to compliment his playing abilities. Today we dive into a couple of Taylor's original songs where we demystify the process behind Taylors songwriting. Including 'Ain’t No Cure For Love' and 'If I Was a Woman'. Throughout the course of this episode Logan and Taylor offer up some songwriting tips to help artists at all levels. Follow Taylor Abrahamse on Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music Follow Logan Brown on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ and ⁠Apple Music ⁠ Follow Down to the Beat on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠ 0:00 - New intro music 1:20 - Meet Taylor Abrahamse 4:10 - Performing without a band 5:50 - Finger style guitar playing 8:57 - Most artists are impersonators 13:04 - Acoustic guitar vs Electric guitar 16:04 - Ain’t No Cure For Love 22:36 - Improv songwriting 25:02 - ADHD moment, back to Ain’t No Cure For Love 32:45 - Capitalism affecting music 39:08 - If I Was a Woman 47:24 - Writing songs for yourself 55:41 - Autistic thoughts 57:16 - Making a pop song 01:01:15 - What even is folk music? 01:02:51 - Breaking the rules in music 01:03:27 - Songwriting tips 01:12:55 - Resetting your dopamine 01:15:56 - Outro

Our very first guest on Down to the Beat is one half of the Canadian rock group Double Experience, Brock Tinsley. Brock gives us a glimpse into the workings behind a few songs he and fellow nerd rocker Ian Nichols have created. The songs we're focusing on today are So Fine, Bill Murray, and AI Freaks Me Out. We break down these tunes and not only give you all a glimpse of the songwriting process, but how these tools can help or influence your songwriting skills. Follow Double Experience (Brock Tinsley) on Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music Follow Logan Brown on Instagram, Spotify and Apple Music Follow Down to the Beat on Instagram and YouTube 0:00 - Intro 4:27 - Double Experience 15:49 - So Fine 31:31 - Bill Murray 49:13 - Trying Out Country / Opening for Blackberry Smoke 59:22 - AI Freaks Me Out 01:13:13 - Outro

Welcome to the first episode of the Down to the Beat podcast. Over the coming weeks, months, years, decades and even centuries; Logan Brown will welcome on various musicians to interview and jam out with while he picks apart their songwriting from various records. In hopes that you (the listener) can learn a thing or two if you're just starting out as an artist or even if your a professional musician who has hit a lull. Listen or watch bi-weekly every Tuesday Follow Logan on Instagram, and subscribe to him on Apple Music or Spotify Follow Down to the Wire on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube Channel