Ash is creeping in

08/25/24 • 19 min

Belfast songwriter Andy White is telling the story of the writing and recording of latest album Good Luck I Hope You Make It and in Episode 3 reaches the title track. This week he confronts the number one question asked of any songwriter and consults Michelle Obama, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Undertones for help and inspiration. There are sharp intakes of breath and a gurgling baby is discovered after watching U2 singing in a Kyiv Metro Station.
So much to write about! Thanks for listening and please share and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If this is your first time, there are two other series to catch up on!
Podcast art by Sebastian White

Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com

Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com

Previous Episode

Title factory

In the second episode Andy wrestles with the dilemma of what to do with a good idea once you've written one song using it, and considers the philosophical question David Cassidy gifted to the human race, "How can I be sure?" This time it's the fourth track on Good Luck I Hope You Make It—The Day You Were Bomb, which started off being called Title Factory.
As in every episode, Andy plays excerpts from the master tapes and there is an early demo of the song you won't have heard before. He also reads out a list of references in the song you may not have caught in the lyrics. I could list them here if you are interested—you can text us using the link above.
Thanks for supporting the show by sharing and subscribing. Do catch up on series one and two if this is your first time. Good luck I hope we make it and see you next week!
Podcast art by Sebastian White

Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com

Next Episode

Book of poems

There is a lot going on in this week's episode of Irish songwriter Andy White's journey through the writing and recording of his latest album Good Luck I Hope You Make It. Andy starts out by telling the story of the mystery missing track, Every Day is Like Today, which includes a poetry slam (that's a competition at a poetry venue or bar where anyone who puts their name can get up and read). The poets reading their work aren't very good ... and that's the point ... but this leads in a roundabout way to the next song on the album.
Andy talks about poets whose work is written to be read, and who influenced him to write. John Cooper Clarke, and the Liverpool poet Brian Patten who read poems in Andy's English class one Belfast afternoon. Nick Cave's book written on airplane sick bags, Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest, Yeats, Ode to Autumn—it is early March, the start of autumn in the southern hemisphere, where Andy is writing. He decides to write a song that cycles round the seasons, starting with the line "I will write a book of poems" and employing a James Joyce strategy to ensure the lyrics mirror the seasons.
Thanks for listening and please share and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If this is your first time, there are two other series to catch up on. Good luck we hope you make it!
Podcast art by Sebastian White

Andy's albums are available on Bandcamp or www.andywhite.com