• Neel on Song Talk Radio with his new Progressive Electro-pop songs

    Bruce, Hema, Neel, Frank, and Phil

    This week, I had the privilege of once again being the guest on Song Talk Radio, where I talked about my current songwriting and recording project of progressive electro-pop songs. For this project, I'm abiding by three self-imposed creative parameters: I'm not allowed to use the 4/4 time signature All my lyrics are stream of consciousness, [...]

  • Scope at Ryerson interview

    Earlier this month, I had the chance to chat with Scope at Ryerson reporter Sara Cristiano about my music, songwriting, my album Counterfeit Lampshades, and the creation of Song Talk Radio.

  • Song Talk Radio with Neel and Peter

    Last summer, I met Peter at the Songwriter's Cafe meetup group, and shortly afterward, we began collaborating on songs. Peter is a poet and singer, with some rather intense and compelling lyrics around sexuality, politics, and other themes. Paired with some of my neat keyboard parts and arrangements, we created some unconventional music. Listen to [...]

  • Album release on Song Talk Radio

    I was fortunate enough to be a special guest on Song Talk Radio, a streaming program where songwriters talk to other songwriters about the craft of songwriting. OK, I'm also a co-host of the show, so perhaps it's not so surprising that I got to be a guest, too. I spoke with Phil, Bruce, and [...]

  • Song Talk Radio Interview

    As part of our "hosts as guests" series on Song Talk Radio, I had my turn to present one of my own songs and get some feedback from my co-hosts Phil and Bruce.  I presented Telepathic Androids, and we talked about odd time signatures (9/4 in this case), changing up your rhyme scheme, and how [...]