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Latest Episodes

90s Grunge Revival with Delyn Grey
January 17, 2021

Delyn Grey is a Toronto-based artist looking to break some barriers via alt-rock waves. Delyn’s voice is rooted in the contemporary, but has a unique depth and richness of timbre, and maturity of emotion that distinguishes her not only from her like-ag...

Recording at The Warehouse with Focus Your Audio
December 27, 2020

For our final show of 2020, Vancouver’s “Focus Your Audio” stopped by to talk about production and creating music as a couple. We talked about: The upcoming Song Talk Radio Songwriting Challenge Fluevog Shoes The importance of pre-production

Writing Songs For A Living with Mark Cawley
December 24, 2020

This week SongTalk welcomed Mark Cawley to our (virtual) studio. Mark Cawley is a hit songwriter, best selling author, in demand speaker, songwriting coach, and popular blogger. As a songwriter his songs have been on more than 16 million records to dat...

Harpin’ Norm Lucien Returns
December 06, 2020

We talk about: Listener letters: Holiday Gift Guide: Keeping notes in a “hook book” Handheld recorders: TASCAM DR-40 Bill Blacks’ Musician Office System The Song Talk Radio Song Challenge Poetry vs. Songs COBOCONK CHORDS http://www.harpinnorm.com …

Writing From The Heart with Melanie Peterson
November 29, 2020

BBC Radio has called Melanie, “Mary Poppins with a broken heart” and that is just part of her appeal. Besides her beautiful voice, Melanie is a terrific songwriter with lots of great songs to prove it. Her tune “Christmas Breaks My Heart” was a finalis...

Holiday Gift Guide 2020
November 22, 2020

Singer-songwriter and Jitters frontman Blair Packham joined us for our latest annual Holiday Gift Guide. We talked about gift suggestions in every price range. Happy shopping for the musician in your life, for yourself,

Songwriting tips: Don’ts to not do as much and Do’s to do more often
November 19, 2020

We talk about the songwriting do’s and don’ts as well as: The 2nd Annual Songwriting Challenge The Annual Holiday Gift Guide Songwriting Dos and Don’ts on Discmakers DO: Write a cool opening line DON’T: Make your chorus melody too much like your verse...

How To Write Songs (if you don’t play an instrument)
November 09, 2020

This week SongTalk welcomed Doktor Nomi to our studio. Admittedly Nomi is not a real doctor but he does have a unique and interesting way of creating music. As a topliner and lyricist, Nomi frequently works with other collaborators to create his music.…

Writing, recording, and releasing a song in 48 hours with The Sun Harmonic
November 01, 2020

This week we welcomed The Sun Harmonic (aka Kaleb Hikele) back to the show to share his latest single A Dream I’ve Had with us. Kaleb was challenged to write, record, and release a song in 48 hours, and he totally did it!…

Writing the same song in French and English with Izabelle
October 25, 2020

Having just released both a French and English version of her latest single, “Self-Talk Session”, Montreal based pop/funk singer Izabelle reached #1 on Quebec’s Niky radio charts and has spent weeks within their top ten,