Episode 19 - Song Writing - with Tommy McGuire

5 Self-employed Glasgow musicians shooting the breeze on
lockdown.


Episode 19: Tommy Mcguire is a Scottish music artist who has
shared the bill with Kyle Falconer of the view, Gerry Cinnamon
and Jake Bugg. Featuring as Glasgow's ‘First Bus Busker’ in
2018 his single ‘Smile’ reached number 7 in the iTunes Scottish
singles chart this year. We talk to Tommy about songwriting, his
technique, online music distribution, the lockdown, musical
influences, gigging and how the lockdown is going for musicians
& venues.


This week’s episode is sponsored by Franco’s Fish & Chip Shop
of Newmains (01698 386965)


https://www.facebook.com/newmains.pizza


CARBON COPY WEDDING BAND


www.carboncopymusic.band


TOMMY MCGUIRE


https://www.tommymcguire.co.uk/


https://www.facebook.com/Tommymcguiremusic


@tommymcguiremusic


TOMMY’S SINGLE ‘SMILE’


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ntSSHFOZJocsBwSkPgh56...


iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/smile-single/1536997526


TIMESTAMPS


00:00:00 Coming up…


00:00:35 Intro


00:04:34 Questions for Tommy


00:47:56 Would You Rather?


01:06:13 Banger or Saint?


01:21:17 Smile by Tommy McGuire


01:24:31 Ad


01:25:29 Thanks!


01:26:42 Outro


TAGS:


Lockdown,


Venues in trouble,


Song Writing techniques,


Billy Joel,


Paolo Nutini,


Music Streaming,


Gerry Cinnamon,


Live Stream gigs,


Scottish Football Team,


Lyrics v Music,


Drunken punters,


Outdoor gigs,


Banger or Saint?,


Chris Martin,


Gary Barlow,


Joni Mitchel,