December 1, 2020

EP. 190 — Can I Sing My Way Through the Holidays? with Meghan Trainor

You know when you have a song stuck in your head and the only way you can get it out is to play it? Well, Jonathan has a similar feeling: he can’t shake the idea that he needs to sing a song. Like, literally, any song, preferably one with pleasing harmony. And he’s reaching out to the Grammy Award-winning artist Meghan Trainor for guidance. Meghan joins Jonathan to discuss singing and songwriting fundamentals, her musical influences, and her new holiday album A Very Trainor Christmas.

 

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Transcript

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness & Meghan Trainor JVN [00:00:00] Welcome to Getting Curious. I’m Jonathan Van Ness and every week I sit down for a 40 minute conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious. On today’s episode, I’m joined by the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor, where I ask her: Can I Sing My Way Through The Holidays? Welcome to “Getting Curious.” It’s Jonathan Van Ness, I’m so excited for our guest this week. She is a literal icon. She’s a musical sensation. She has a stunning new Christmas album out. Welcome to this show for the first time ever, Meghan Trainor. MEGHAN TRAINOR [00:00:33] Hi. JVN [00:00:36] How are you? MEGHAN TRAINOR [00:00:37] I just broke everyone’s ears. I’m so good. I’m really good. How are you? JVN [00:00:42] I’m, you know, I feel good. I feel excited about certain things. I also feel, I do feel like I’m t

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