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This podcast looks at my song “Jack of All Trades” and walks through how a tune can change between the original draft and the demo – which is included in the podcast – and how you sometimes keep tweaking while recording the CD version. (There’s often no such thing as a final draft…just the last version that you played or recorded.)

I also talk about the story behind the lyric, “I Even Wrote for Jay Leno one time” and include a few audio clips: Two samples of what I wrote for Mr. Leno, and one relic of me doing standup back in the 80s. (But really, who wasn’t doing standup back in the 80s?)

Here are some links to go with the show. I mention these in the podcast:

• Avoiding cliches
• Lyrics to Jack of All Trades
• Purchase the track “Jack of All Trades” from Itunes
• CD version of Jack of All Trades