Making complicated sound simple with Alex Cuba
Canadian Juno and Latin Grammy winning artist, Alex Cuba joined us to talk about his songwriting process and perform a new song, Solo Mia, live on the show. We talked about: Alex’s first visit to Canada as part of his father’s band How a melody-first way of songwriting tells Alex what the song is about The differences between solo writing and collaborating with others How to develop unique and rich chord progressions (hint: jazz) Writing in Spanish vs English How Alex’s playing style is unique to him, and why this is important – this applies to everyone! …
