The Process; Lyrically Inclined with Lisa and Lenny (A Songwriter's Odyssey)

On today's episode we talk about 2 love songs.  In The Beginning is a song about new love like the genesis of the world and Once In A Lifetime is a song about an older couple that have been together for a lifetime.

Today we are ready to dip our toes in the warm sand and sip cocktails by the sea with our romantic Spanish Love Song.  Also storytelling takes hold in the fabled Ya Ya Mare where all the townspeople join in on the singing as a Carmen Miranda type tells the story.   Spanish love song features stunning guitaring by Daniel Helfman our Israeli talent!

On this 2 part show, we talk in depth with Rick Swanson, longtime lyricist collaborator of Lisa's in songwriting (23 years!). Lisa and Rick have written over 85 songs together in many different genres and we talk about the process of writing, producing and hiring musicians and vocalists to help the finished product. Growing up in Connecticut, Rick developed an early love for lyric writing thr...

Our conversation with Rick Swanson continues.  More great music! Songs played in this episode all written by Rick and Lisa: Try Just Try Feat. Mia Moravis , This Christmas feat. Mia Moravis , Window To My Soul feat. M.A.R.K. ,  Without Love from Sal Valentinetti, Little Valentine,  Just One Skin, Coffeehouse version, London Blusion feat. Lisa Yves, Done and Dusted, Produced by Mason Douglas versio...

In this episode we discuss one song of inspiration- ROSETTA SPOONBILL, and one song if perspiration- I AIN'T DEAD YET.  Both songs are about creative people and their creative journeys- one that ends too soon in tragedy and another that lasts past retirement.  Special thanks to Jack Rosen and Daniel Helfman for their beautiful guitar work on these songs.

This episode explores 3 songs that cover the hard truths about reputation- That Kid is Your Son, not wanting to grow up- Peter Pan,  and struggling with writer's block- From Scratch. We hope you enjoy our continued conversations about our creative process. Special thanks to Jack Rosen for his guitar work on From Scratch.

On this episode we dive deep into the world of Steven George AKA George Alien with his strong ties to Extraterrestrial life.  George created a new genre of music called Extraterrestrial Experimental Electronic with his first album release entitled Space Trash.  As a creative human/alien, George has many talents in writing  and drumming and now he can add music producer and artist to his resume.  L...

Today we speak with a new artist and songwriter, Marni Kim about her new release, Waves .  We learn about Marni's lifelong connection with music and how she took the education route to become a highly successful attorney yet still keeps the creative muse alive in her life thanks to her friendships and strong musical bonds.  Marni's new wave/80's sound is fresh and cool. Linktree: Ma...

In this episode, we discuss our songs Venus and Jupiter and Heroes and Villains.  These are songs about great duos in love and battle.  Sometimes these characters are closer than you think.

In this episode we discuss two songs that have encoded messages.  Crazy Box and Haters.  Crazy Box is a duet that we both sang on that talks about the current state of today where the world is unstable.  Haters is a song about giving permission to people to be themselves and live their truth without worrying about the haters.

For our first episode, we talk about our collaboration and introduce the podcast.  We discuss in detail two of our original songs, Empire Way and A Rock Legend's Glory And Goodbye.  We breakdown the creation process and how our collaborative skills helped to create these two iconic stories in song.