Songwriting Challenge 2025 Launch: Write a song in an odd time signature

Our songwriting challenge for 2025 is to write a song in an odd time signature.  Award-winning composer and educator Frank Horvat joined us with his pick of odd-time-signature songs. Thanks Frank!

We talked about:

• Our re-discovered Patreon Page – thanks for your support!
• Juno Awards 2025:
  • • Congratulations to our previous guests Julian Taylor and Aphrose on their nominations
    • 2025 was the first-ever award for Songwriter of the Year (Non-Performer), won by Lowell
• How to Register Your Songs, with Allister Bradley
• What do we mean by odd time signatures?
• How you can divide odd time signatures into smaller chunks (a hybrid time signature)
• How a repetative groove in an odd time signature can ground your song
• Lining up your chord changes and melodies with the downbeats to clearly denote the time signature(s)

The songs:

Check out our dedicated webpage for the 2025 songwriting challenge, with additional podcast episodes and other resources!