Songwriter Soup

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Buckets Continued... Let’s Get Sexy And Talk About Insurance Mar 03, 2025

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Insurance is about the most boring topic on the planet. But! It’s also crucial that small business owners understand how it works, and how to make it work for you as you barrel into the future.

In this episode, Tracy finishes out his financial planning strategy by putting a solid floor under those buckets with various types of insurance.

The crew also discusses Music Health Alliance, an incredible resource for music people, and some other juicy insurance life hacks, like how to save money and get better care when your health insurance sucks.

Between the buckets episode and this one, you should sleep soundly at night knowing your future is as secure as it can be!

Music Health Alliance

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Driver Williams: Heavy Metal, Eric Church & Having A Freakin GREAT Dad Feb 24, 2025

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Driver Williams (“Smoke A Little Smoke” Eric Church, “Days That End In Why” Morgan Wallen, “Back 40 Back” Luke Combs), son of publisher & former head of BMI, Jody Williams, has always known exactly what a songwriter is.

This week on Songwriter Soup, the trio talks to Driver about what it was like to grow up in the thick of the Nashville songwriter scene, leaving it to follow his love of heavy metal, how that love somehow led him to Eric Church and the breadcrumb trail that brought him back home. What a wild story! Enjoy.

Driver Williams: The Songwriters Playlist on Apple Music

Laura Veltz: The Songwriters Playlist on Apple Music

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Financial Planning Made Easy: Tracy’s Buckets & Faucets Feb 17, 2025

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This episode is undoubtedly one of the pillars of Songwriter Soup so, please do not miss it. Tracy takes the wheel this week as he explains the system through which he organizes, manages and grows other people’s wealth.

The trio discusses Tracy’s famous buckets (short, mid and long term savings), as well as conventional wisdom most people use that, turns out, might be a less effective strategy for growing wealth.

This episode also covers the sometimes inaccurate, and often damaging, use of the word “retirement”, particularly in creative jobs like songwriting.

As heady and nerdy as this all sounds, it’s actually dripping in psychology so buckle up (bucket up?), this one might change the way you look at your money.

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Don’t Crush The Butterfly: A Deep Dive Into Artist/Songwriter/All Relationships Feb 10, 2025

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Trio de Songwriter Soup delve into art/business relationships and more on today’s episode. When it comes to a songwriter’s relationship with an artist, what is loyalty exactly? Is it a good thing? Is it a bad thing?

Man, it sure can get tricky as people come and go (and come and go again). Holding too tightly and/or getting one’s feelings hurt can do damage, internally and externally. Let’s talk about it! But wait, are we even talking about songwriting? Totally.

Are we talking about EVERYTHING? Perhaps? Either way, hope it helps!

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Andrew DeRoberts: Zen & The Art Of Loving Music Too Much Jan 20, 2025

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Songwriter and producer, Andrew DeRoberts (“Somebody To Love” One Republic, “All Night” Brothers Osborne, “The Weekend” Brantley Gilbert) joins the trio to share his signature brand of calm with us all.

This episode deep dives into staying comfortable in the uncomfortable moments in a writing room, which everyday parts of this weird job are actually the most fulfilling, how delayed gratification serves you, and when not to sell a catalog.

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DEATH HAPPENS! Let’s Talk About Wills & Estate Planning Nov 25, 2024

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The Soup Trio has a special guest on today - Dr. Death himself, and one of Nashville’s most esteemed estate planning gurus, Jeff Mobley. Why so morbid, you ask? Well, people with intellectual property (songwriters and art makers) should have a particular interest in making sure all of your creations, and the income they generate or could generate one day, ends up in the right hands. Nobody wants to talk about this stuff. To Jeff's point though, the moment you have a kid, you absolutely should be thinking about this stuff, no matter what you do for a living. We have a feeling you’ll be glad you listened to this one, even if you think you’re too young to talk about it.

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Josh Osborne: The Brilliance Of Staying Enchanted & Confused Nov 11, 2024

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Josh Osborne (“Sand In My Boots” Morgan Wallen, “Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt, “Merry Go Round” Kacey Musgraves) joins the Songwriter Soup crew this week reminding us all of how to keep it stellar as a writer and keep it simple as a human. This episode was recorded the day and maybe even the moment he was nominated for yet another Grammy for “The Architect” by Kacey Musgraves. He walks us through the many failed publishing deals it took to get him to his first hit, how doing the math from the very beginning is still benefiting his life and how laughter is the best thing in the world. This man is so freakin' funny. Ok, enjoy!

Listen to Josh's songwriter playlist on Apple Music: Josh Osborne: The Songwriters

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Tom Douglas Part 2: A Songwriter’s Manifesto Nov 04, 2024

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Tom Douglas is back! The trio is thrilled to have Tom on Songwriter Soup for a second time. As if the world’s problems weren’t solved on part 1, the crew manages to cover some new concepts that with undoubtedly assist the new and established songwriter in their journey through this privileged world of songwriting. What does the mountain top look like from both sides? Did the team get you there or what is just you? How do you keep your equilibrium before and after success? Those are just some of the topics covered this week on the soup. Enjoy!

Listen to Tom's songwriter playlist on Apple Music: Tom Douglas: The Songwriters

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Trannie Anderson: Mentors, Lainey Wilson & Golf Oct 28, 2024

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Tracy is absent today, but Laura and Kevin are soupin’ it, chatting with hit songwriter Trannie Anderson (“Heart Like A Truck”, “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” & “Whirlwind” Lainey Wilson, “3 Feet Tall” Cole Swindell). The three talk first publishing deals, the importance of mentors, and balancing hobbies with work. They also delve into some insights into the dynamics and challenges for female songwriters in country music, and how we might be seeing some signs that things are changing! Hallafreakinlujah!

Listen to Trannie's songwriter playlist on Apple Music: Trannie Anderson: The Songwriters

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Add Love & Stir… An Approach On What To Write About And Other Life Hacks Oct 21, 2024

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The trio delves into a few songwriting practices that can help you feel your feelings and unlock your creativity. Tracy also helps unpack why he doesn’t get investment antsy during big shifts like elections, and how you too can stay chill about your investments no matter what is going on in the world.

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