How to write a good love song with Jesse Parent

Kitchener, Ontario-based singer-songwriter and storyteller Jesse Parent talks about the danger of his song “For a Moment” becoming a conventional love song, and how to avoid that!

We talked about:

• How to do banter well when you’re performing
• How Jesse went from one-draft songs to editing all the songs
• “Write with your heart, edit with your brain”
• How easy it is to let your songs devolve into love songs, if you’re not careful
• How to play harmonica and guitar at the same time well (hint: if you can sing and play guitar, you can do this)
• Writing to an unconventional song structure
• Taylor guitars

Download the lyrics to For a Moment to follow along.