Episodes

Talking to Sarah about her new album "Tosia" and why she used synths instead of guitars. Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trey Xavier is joined by Diamond and Josh from TETRARCH to discuss how they made "Unstable." On this episode: How the band uses demos Working with Dave Otero And more! Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doc Coyle and John Boecklin join Trey Xavier to discuss how they wrote their album "Dear Monsters." Some of the topics discussed include: Why lyrics are subjective Throwing ideas around to see what sticks Writing lyrics last Advice from Billy Joel Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit....

Trey Xavier sits down to talk to a longtime songwriting hero of his, Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Star One and Ayreon about their new album "Revel In Time." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trey Xavier talks to Allegaeon about how they wrote their album "Damnum." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trey Xavier sits down with Will Putney to discuss how Fit For An Autopsy made "Oh What the Future Holds." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trey Xavier welcomes The Agonist to the podcast to talk about how they made "Days Before The World Wept." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trey Xavier welcomes Carcosa to the podcast to talk all about the songwriting process for their album "Anthology." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dean Lamb and Oli Peters of Archspire join the podcast to talk about the writing process for the songs on the band's 4th album "Bleed the Future." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brody Uttley from River of Nihil joins the podcast to discuss how the band wrote their 4th album “The Work.” Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this first episode of How Songs Are Made, Trey Xavier sits down with Matt Heafy of Trivium to discuss writing the band's 10th album "In The Court of the Dragon." Sponsored by: DistroKid (join and get 7% off your first year!) Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server. Follow Gear Gods: ►Website: http://geargods.net ►Facebook: http://bit.ly/GGFBPAGE ►Twitter: http://bit.ly/GGTWEETS ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/GGIGBB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello! I'm Trey Xavier, you may know me from my YouTube channel Gears Gods or my band In Virtue. I'd like to introduce you to How Songs Are Made. And on this show, I’ll be talking to notable musical artists to learn about their songwriting process, how it is that they go from a seed of an idea to a full-blown song arrangement, and all the steps in between. If you’re in a band or you want to write songs more seriously, this show is for you! I’m here to bring the songwriting wisdom of the master...