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Throwback Thursday Themeshow: The Song Talk Meetup
In this throwback from 2017, we talked about the benefits of attending the live Song Talk Meetup (formerly the Songwriter’s Meetup, formerly the Songwriter’s Cafe). This month’s meetup (May 2020) is online (and will be for the next while),
Throwback Thursday Themeshow: All About Chords
Here’s a super informative show from 2016 with Frank Horvat, who told us everything we were afraid to ask about chords and more! Check out the original show post for all the resources we talked about on the show.…
Throwback Thursday Themeshow: Protest Songs
We talked about protest songs way back in 2016, and things still didn’t get any better. Here’s a throwback to dissension through music. Here’s the original show page if you want the lyrics.…
Songs for Self-Isolation with Frank Horvat
Long-time friend of the show, Frank Horvat talks about his “Songs for Self-Isolation” project. http://youtube.com/frankhorvatofficial http://www.frankhorvat.com/ http://facebook.com/frankhorvatofficial http://frankhorvat.
Throwback Thursday Themeshow: Unusual Lyrics
For this Throwback Thursday, we’re going back to 2016 for a special episode with guest co-host Janice Ho to look at three songs with unusual lyrics and what that means to communicate your song.…
Throwback Thursday Themeshow: Song Structures
Back in 2016, we talked about songs with interesting song structures, including Band on the Run, I Lost My Heart in San Francisco, and Fading Into Obscurity. What song stands out to you as one with a unique structure?…
Tips for Songwriting in Isolation
For our first podcast while in self isolation, we talked about things we can do as songwriters while in isolation :). We talked about: Taking the Song Talk Meetup online – stay tuned for details on April’s meetup The We Should Write Sometime app
Throwback Thursday Themeshow: Bridges
Here’s our first Throwback Thursday Themeshow episode from 2014, one of our first theme show all about bridges, with many song examples and how they were used in the songs.…
Songwriting Duos. Guitar Pedal building and stuff with Blair Packham
Blair Packham joins us to talk about Songwriting Duos and other stuff. What we talked about: Phil’s FET-1 Pedal kit Build BuildYourOwnClone.com FET PreAmp Kit BlairPackham.com …
Getting it done with Kristen Karma
Kristen Karma is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in Toronto. Her latest single “Dear John” has already won Best International Song at the American Tracks Music Awards in Los Angeles, peaked at #35 on the iTunes Canada Pop Charts,