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Welcome to the home of How To Write A Tune, the only podcast that looks into the hearts, minds and souls of musicians in a mission to answer the age old question. How do you write a tune?

Hosts Jay Ludgrove and Tony Gordon sit down each week with a musical guest to discuss their history and delve into their creative minds, or sometimes just talk nonsense!

Nov 30, 2015

This week Jay and Tony sit down with the pop maestro Natalie McCool. When you say Natalie's name on Merseyside there is only one response - Class act. Natalie is regularly featured on BBC radio and her new single Cardiac Arrest was recently Q Magazine's track of the day. To catch up on all of Natalie's news, music and...


Nov 23, 2015

This week Jay and Tony sit down with Ross 'Spud' Taylor from Sin Kings. We discuss the good old days of Humbug and Heatham House, remark on the contrasts and the similarities in punk and psychobilly and the complications of progressing from guitar to double bass. Their latest album 'The Devil Makes Three' is available...


Nov 16, 2015

Raise your receivers! This week Jay and Tony sit down with an absolute gentleman in Chas Palmer Williams. The former Lightyear front man tells tales of touring with Steve-O, playing Reading Festival for the first time and reforming 'the most fun band to be in, ever', Lightyear for this years SlamDunk Festival. His...


Nov 10, 2015

This week Jay and Tony sit down with Brendan O'Prey, the powerful front man of everyone's favorite Celtic Punk band The Lagan. We talk about putting on your own nights, scummy 'pay-to-play' promoters, annoyingly good musicians and having to move forward and embrace change. The Lagan are gigging just about always. Catch...


Nov 3, 2015

This week Jay and Tony sit down and speak with Frank Turner about how he got into music, school bands, being tricked into joining Million Dead, great lyrics, old flames and how stripping songs down and going back to basics is not always as simple as it seems. For all the info on Frank's shows, plethora of albums and...