Chord-based and conversational songwriting with Sean Bertram

Up and coming singer-songwriter and Humber College music student Sean Bertram joined us to talk about his education and his chord-based approach to songwriting. Blair Packham subbed in for Phil – thanks Blair! And welcome to Raphael, our new technical and audio specialist – welcome to the team!

We talked about:

• why bother making an album anymore
• writing as a hopeless romantic
• why do we ( as humans) write songs?
• writing outside typical “campfire chords“
• developing lyrics based on your chord choices
• conversational storytelling: rhyme schemes and writing two verses before hitting the chorus
• Song Studio
• using falsetto in your songs

Listen to the show

Download the lyrics for Closure and She’ll Ruin Me.

Watch the live performances