The Trey Anastasio Takeover Continues!

The Trey Anastasio Takeover Continues!

From Wong Notes by Premier Guitar

November 12, 2025 · 1h 15m · Season 9 · Episode 6

About this episode

Trey Anastasio returns to discuss his birthday gift, songwriting evolution, and the impact of streaming on music.

Phish’s Trey Anastasio is back again on this week’s extra-special episode of  Wong Notes . The expansive conversation goes from the mundane to the massive: Trey shares the meaningful gift he bought himself for his 60th birthday, reflects on his most meaningful song, dissects boredom and nostalgia in the streaming era, and names the young bands impressing him most these days. Then, Trey and Cory dig deep into the songwriting process, and Trey reflects on how his songwriting has (and hasn’t) changed over his length career: “Maybe it’s some kind of human nature, that you’re kind of fighting against who you actually, really are,” he offers. He then opens up the files and plays few unreleased (and vintage) demos! At this stage in his career, what is Trey Anastasio hoping to accomplish, and has his approach to making music changed? Tune in to find out. Get 30% off your first year of DistroKid by going here: http://distrokid.com/vip/corywong Visit Trey Anastasio: https://trey.com/ Hit us up: wongnotes@premierguitar.com Visit Cory: https://www.corywongmusic.com Visit Premier Guitar: http://premierguitar.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/wongnotespod Produced by Jason Shadrick and…

People in this episode

Host: Cory Wong

Guest: Trey Anastasio

Topics covered

  • songwriting
  • music industry
  • streaming era
  • personal reflection
  • band influences

Keywords

  • Trey Anastasio
  • Cory Wong
  • songwriting
  • Phish
  • music
  • streaming
  • demos

Sponsors

DistroKid

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Premier Guitar

Books & works: Phish

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