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Garrett Lajoie: Writing with FAWM for ten years

Hamilton-based singer-songwriter Garrett Lajoie talked about taking on February Album Writing Month for the last ten years and how that experience has shaped his approach to songwriting. Download the lyrics to Window Shopping to follow along.

We talked about:

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Writing an album in a month with Mark Ippolito and FAWM

by Neel Modi

Singer-songwriter Mark Ippolito talked about his experience with February Album Writing Month (FAWM), challenging himself to write a full album of songs in 28 days. Check out his album on Bandcamp.

We talked about:

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Our Song Talk Meetup
The wonderfully supportive community of songwriters at the FAWM website
The diversity of genres, instrumentalists, and approaches at FAWM
Opportunities for collaborations between lyricists and musicians
The organizers propose weekly challenges to prompt individual songs (e.g.

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The Hosts Take on Their First Songwriting Challenge

by Neel Modi

About three months ago, we asked our listeners to suggest a songwriting challenge or prompt for us to explore. Organizations like the Toronto Songwriting Association often prompt their members with challenges such as “Take a cliche and turn it on its head”, or “Write a song about a home appliance.”… Read the rest