Modern Country Songwriting with Amanda Keeles

A captivating musical journey of empowerment, self-determination, and the pursuit of lifelong dreams, Country artist Amanda Keeles unveils her invigorating debut album, “Can’t Stop Me Now!“. Her rich, ribbon-like vocals come straight from her soul, sharing deeply personal narratives drawn from a songbook overflowing with a lifetime of compositions. Leaving behind a professional career in finance and a marriage that did not support her creative pursuits, Keeles waited her entire adulthood to pursue the music career she had always dreamed of having. Her emotive, expansive vocals deliver messages of empowerment, love, and cherished memories directly from lived experience. After decades of honing her craft in private, Amanda Keeles invites listeners into her remarkable world of perseverance, sharing her life’s work of upbeat anthems, stadium-sized messages of empowerment, and touching ballads.

Amanda shared the process behind her song Can’t Stop Me Now. Download the lyrics to follow along.

We talked about:

• songwriting from lived experiences, even if they’re not Amanda’s own
• writing a three chord song and still having clear changes in your song sections (check out our songwriting challenge from 2021 to write a song where the chord progression never changes)
• writing abstract vs. story telling lyrics
• rewriting to reduce clichés and predictability in your lyric
• painting visual pictures in your verses, and being declarative in your chorus
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