The art of the co-write: Luke Dick and Melody Walker

Country music songwriter Harlan Howard famously described country music as “three chords and the truth.”

He makes it sound simple, but thousands know it’s much more complicated – and it’s different for everyone. It may start with an idea and then come together from there. Or a note or a phrase may come first and then it’s built word by word and note by note. On day two of songwriter week, Grammy-nominated Luke Dick and Grammy-winning Melody Walker, two songwriters with impressive songwriting credits, join Blake in the studio to start from scratch. Together they’ll share ideas, write lyrics, and sample melodies and explain the choices they make along the way. Will inspiration strike? Will the muse show up? And by the end of the hour, will they have a hit song on their hands?

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This episode was produced by Liv Lombardi and Mary Mancini.

Guests

• Luke Dick, Grammy-nominated songwriter
• Melody Walker, Grammy-winning songwriter