Songwriting in a band with Kathy Valentine (The Go Go’s)

Bass player, guitarist, and songwriter with the 80s all-girl band The Go Go’s, Kathy Valentine, joined us from her home in Austin, Texas to talk about co-writing with the Go Go’s and her solo career. Kathy also recently published a hard-hitting memoir of her life as a musician (she’s been at this for over 40 years!) called All I Ever Wanted – purchase it here.

We talked about:

• The Songwriters in Seattle meetup group – join now for more online songwriting circles
• The Muse Songwriters Forum– a great place to meet and collaborate with other songwriters
• A reply to our songwriting challenge show and a cool video on 2-chord songs
• The nature of working in a band
• How songs can always be re-written
• Working with her daughter on her remodeled version of the Go Go’s song Beneath the Blue Sky
• Writing a soundtrack to go along with her book