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If you’re a music process lover, this episode is for you. Acclaimed musical savante and Saturday Night Live Music Director Eli Brueggemann joins Devon on the pod this week!The duo discuss the lyrical genius of “WAP,” talk through how popular music has changed and reflect on Eli’s involvement in the ‘conscious rap’ era.

Keyboardist, producer, composer, Emmy-winning musical director Eli Brueggemann is a jack of all trades. He grew up playing classical piano and also jamming in garages and playing in bands in the fertile Los Angeles musical neighborhood of Silverlake and studied music at Cal Berkeley and USC. As a player, he has performed and recorded with Mandrill, Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, Mathew Morrison, Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Flying Lotus among many others. As an arranger and producer, he has worked with Nick Cave, Nena, John Cameron Mitchell, Marc Shaiman, Steven Bernstein, and others. Since 2011 he has been the Musical Director/Composer/Music Producer for Saturday Night Live, working and collaborating with the most well known entertainers of our day, including Sza, Mic Jagger, Ariana Grande, Lin Miranda, Bruno Mars…the list goes on and on. A 7 time Emmy nominee for best song/lyrics and music direction, he won in 2018 for the song “Come Back Barack” featuring Chance the Rapper. He has Musical Directed and played keyboards on the NBC show Maya and Marty, 30 Rock Live, MD’d the 2018 Emmy Awards and SNL50. He also writes music for various film, tv, and commercial projects including the critically acclaimed movie “The Dinner” with Laura Linney and Richard Gere. Currently Eli, along with acclaimed cellist Rubin Khodeli, is developing an immersive performance with visual imagery responding to sound in real time.

Host and Executive Producer: ⁠⁠Devon Walker⁠
Executive Producer: Lauren Mandel
Associate Producer: Carmen Carigan
Engineer: Chris Mueller

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Each week on My Favorite Lyrics, comedian and SNL cast member Devon Walker invites people he thinks are cool to talk about the music that shaped them and the lyrics they can't get out of their heads.

My Favorite Lyrics is hosted by Devon Walker and produced by Disco Nap.

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