Songwriting for Beginners

We talked tips and tricks for beginner songwriters. Our producer Vanessa and techie Micah also joined in the conversation. Some of the stuff we covered included:

• Our Rocketman movie pre-screening contest
• How Phil and Neel got started on songwriting, and the challenges they faced
• Get yourself a decent guitar to start on (or a ukulele!)
• Basic melody development
• The benefits of collaboration
• Writing from a title, or a poem
• How to take apart your favourite songs
• How practice makes perfect better
• How to finish songs
• Writing a bad first draft, because you won’t be awesome right away
• Vanessa’s post about stuff she’s learned on the show
• We won a spot on FeedSpot’s Top 20 Songwriting Podcasts!

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