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Into Music: Shawn Magill

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Shawn Magill is the songwriter, producer and band leader for Dallas Texas’ Secrecies. Secrecies released its latest album, Perfect Bite earlier this year via Idol Records. Magill is also a collage artist and designer who works with bands, dance companies, theaters and nonprofit organizations on a variety of projects. In addition to her work with Secrecies, Magill is a former member of the band Home By Hovercraft.

In this conversation, she discusses her classical training, learning to improvise, and how song hooks reveal themselves to her.


Host/producer/editor: Jedd Beaudoin
Digital producers: Karlee Cooper, Beth Golay, Hugo Phan
Production assistance: Lu Anne Stephens
Theme music: Torin Andersen

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He created and host the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in PopMatters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.