Canadian country artist Amanda Keeles joined us to talk about her latest album and starting a song based on a beat she found on her digital piano. Download the lyrics to Leads Me to You to follow along.
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Anne Stott is a singer/songwriter, actor and political rabble rouser who has brought her elastic and enigmatic sound and edgy compassion to audiences along the Eastern Seaboard and beyond for over two decades. Her second album, LOVE NEVER DIES, peaked at #19 on the Relix Magazine radio chart.… Read the rest
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This week we were joined again by Chad Shank to talk about two of his favourite songs and why they should be studied.
Chad Shank is a Songwriter, Music Producer, and Songwriting Teacher. Chad is the founder of At-Home Songwriting, a YouTube Channel and Songwriting Education Community.… Read the rest
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Amanie Illfated (pronounced: ah-MAH-nee eel-fay-ted) is an award winning South Sudanese born international recording artist. Her music consists of thought-provoking multilingual mixed with a dynamic blend of R&B, Afropop, Reggae and Trap, all combined with her signature, clear-toned vocals. She incorporates her personal experiences growing up as a refugee in Canada to deliver inspirational messages of empowerment, healing, diversity and fun, and captivates audiences with her energetic, inclusive live performances.… Read the rest
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For this special episode, Phil joined Neel in his studio to record our first in-person episode since early 2020!
We dove deep into songs with odd time signatures and talked about:
- Our songwriting challenge for 2023
- How time signatures work
- How odd time signatures can introduce a lot of tension in your song
- How complex time signatures with 5, 7 or 9 beats to the bar can be subdivided into 2s, 3s, and 4s to make counting them easier
- How the emphasis on certain beats are important to defining the time signature
The songs:
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On this special episode, we share the third and final batch of listener answers to our 2022 songwriting challenge to write a song with the title Why Do You Cry?
We talked about:
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We have a fascinating show this episode with our special guest, Jordana Talsky. Jordana is a singer, songwriter and vocal looper who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She accompanies herself by voice with a Roland Boss RC505 loop station.… Read the rest
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This week SongTalk tried something a little different. We brought in some our favourite songs sung in a different language than English.
They say music is the international language so we thought we would put that to the test. Phil, Neel and Mike each presented three songs in a language other than English and we talked about what it was that made them so appealing.… Read the rest
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