Songwriting Challenge 2024: Listener and Guest Songs Volume 1

Our first batch of listener songs for our songwriting challenge 2024 to write a holiday song.

Victor Hathaway shared his song Keeping Christmas. Download the lyrics to follow along.

• Pulling off a melancholy song on the ukulele
• Phil was reminded of the songwriter Moondog
• Changing the lyric and message a bit in your final chorus

Steve Johnson shared his song Psychedelic Christmas. Download the lyrics to follow along.

• Incorporating Christmas images in a fresh way
• Being intentional about chord choices to create interesting moments
• Writing a funny or clever songs can create emotional distance from your listener

Alex Whorms shared her song This Christmas. Download the lyrics to follow along.

• Internal rhyming in the bridge
• Using music theory in a crafty way to make it sound easy and natural
• Another example of a bridge that is different enough and still unified with the song

Thank you to Victor, Steve, and Alex for the awesome songs!

If you didn’t hear your song in this episode, worry not, you’re in the queue for one of the next few episodes, so stay tuned.