Year End 2025

For our final episode of 2025, we reminisced over the past year, and talked about Neel’s ongoing exploration of his songwriting challenge song. We talked about:

Some of our favourite episode from 2025

• Sync Songwriting with Chris SD
• Songwriting Tips (mostly) for Beginners
• Songwriting through writer’s block with Dexter Sloan
• Breaking the rules with intention with Zoe Thiessen
• Heather Feather: Children’s songs with a message
• Mistakes that “amateur” songwriters make
• 5 tips that will make your band sound better today

Neel’s further exploration of his songwriting challenge song

• Neel plays with a polymeter for his songwriting challenge answer
• Suno’s interpretation of the lyric using the AI prompt “Create an epic orchestral gothic rock song similar to Evanescence using this chord and lyric sheet.” Download the lyrics and chords to follow along.
• How Neel got some lyric assistance from our meetup friend Paul Gallagher to avoid the mixed metaphors
• Writing a new version of the song more suitable for his band. Download the lyrics and chords to follow along.

Happy Holidays to our listeners, and see you in 2026!