Logan sits down with singer/songwriter and former child actor Taylor Abrahamse. Taylor is a renowned finger style guitar player with a unique voice to compliment his playing abilities. Today we dive into a couple of Taylor's original songs where we demystify the process behind Taylors songwriting. Including 'Ain’t No Cure For Love' and 'If I Was a Woman'. Throughout the course of this episode Logan and Taylor offer up some songwriting tips to help artists at all levels.

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0:00 - New intro music 1:20 - Meet Taylor Abrahamse 4:10 - Performing without a band 5:50 - Finger style guitar playing 8:57 - Most artists are impersonators 13:04 - Acoustic guitar vs Electric guitar 16:04 - Ain’t No Cure For Love 22:36 - Improv songwriting 25:02 - ADHD moment, back to Ain’t No Cure For Love 32:45 - Capitalism affecting music 39:08 - If I Was a Woman 47:24 - Writing songs for yourself 55:41 - Autistic thoughts 57:16 - Making a pop song 01:01:15 - What even is folk music? 01:02:51 - Breaking the rules in music 01:03:27 - Songwriting tips 01:12:55 - Resetting your dopamine 01:15:56 - Outro