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All About Happy Songs (opens the original)
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For this special episode, we talked about happy songs and what makes them tick, with a few examples. We talked about: How we remember negative experiences in our lives more than the positive ones, and Neel’s video about backing up your stuff The difference between positive songs and happy songs Recent guests with happy songs: Modern Country Songwriting with Amanda Keeles and An open approach to songwriting with Brettyn Rose The song picks: Queen: Don’t Stop Me Now – download the lyrics Using dec
Writing a love song about the fragility of life with Russell Leon (opens the original)
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Canadian singer-songwriter and band leader Russel Leon joined us to talk about writing a love song that’s also about the fragility of life. Download the lyrics to The Dream is Real to follow along. We talked about: Our songwriting challenge to write a traditional country song – please send us YOUR mp3, lyric sheet, and a brief paragraph about your songwriting process to feedback@songtalk.ca … Read the rest
Julie Neff and intentionally using repetition (opens the original)
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Alternative artist Julie Neff joined us to talk about writing her song Something in only 20 minutes, and using repetition with intention. Download the lyrics to Something to follow along. We talked about: Our songwriting challenge to write a traditional country song – please send us YOUR mp3, lyric sheet, and a brief paragraph about your songwriting process to feedback@songtalk.ca … Read the rest
Writing a song of Indigenous resilience with Gen7Path (opens the original)
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Laurie Shaw-Greyeys, founder of Gen7Path, an Indigenous education organization, and Métis singer-songwriter Michelle Joly joined us to talk about their new song 1876 . Download the lyrics to follow along. We talked about: Our songwriting challenge to write a traditional country song – please send us YOUR mp3, lyric sheet, and a brief paragraph about your songwriting process to feedback@songtalk.ca … Read the rest
Collaborative songwriting with Blu Beach Band (opens the original)
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Carter Vosper of the Canadian-Indie-Frat Rock band Blu Beach Band joined us to talk about collaborating with his band and more. Download the lyrics to Queens to follow along. We talked about: Our songwriting challenge to write a traditional country song – please send us YOUR mp3, lyric sheet, and a brief paragraph about your songwriting process to feedback@songtalk.ca … Read the rest
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