Bruce, Neel and Phil were all happy to have Patrick Ballantyne back in the Song Talk Radio studio for the third time. He always brings great songs (listen to “Make Believe” and “Sky” for proof) and lots of experience to share about the songwriting process for our listeners. When writing a song, he starts with …
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1 Man + 1 Electric Guitar: TC Folkpunk
The always entertaining singer/songwriter TC FolkPunk returned to the show and played a couple of punky solo electric guitar songs and talked about playing solo without a band with just an electric guitar. Some Stuff We Talked About TC FolkPunks first appearance on Song Talk Radio Lyrics: Sort of Like Danielle & The World of You T.c. Folkpunk: …
Getting (not so) personal with Faaria
Faaria was one of our first guests on Song Talk Radio (check out her first episode) and she joined us once again with new songs about relationships, where none of them are autobiographical (or so she claims). Stuff we talked about: writing from different point-of-views relationship songs how practicing songwriting can affect the enjoyment of …
Blair Packham packs emotional power
From the moment Blair Packham started to speak, we knew we were in for some great lessons from a master songwriter and experienced teacher. If You Were Mine featured a great bridge and instrumental break. In Her Dreams started out as a story of a woman in a call centre and moved to a daughter caring for an ailing …
Exploring the blues with Son Roberts
Maple Blues Award Best New Artist nominee and harmonica player, Son Roberts stopped by the Song Talk Radio studios with guitarist John Crosbie and had a fun and wide ranging conversation about writing blues influenced tunes. Here’s what we talked about: The Maple Blues Awards collaborating Son Roberts Lyrics – Not Nuff NIght Son Roberts Lyrics …
How to write songs for other artists with Braeden Mitchell
The always brilliant Braeden Mitchell returns to Song Talk Radio to talk about co-writing, writing songs for other artists and getting back into the songwriting groove after taking a bit of a break. Some stuff we talked about: How to write songs for other artists SAC Songwriters Challenge Keeping a list of song titles place the strongest …
Getting inspiration from life & classical music: Kaleb Hikele
The very talented Kaleb Hikele stopped by during his tour and played some great tunes, even one written for a wedding. Some stuff we talked about: theSunHarmonic.com working on pushing your limits playing for weddings strategies for lyric writing passing chords
Tony Burns on using double entendres in your songwriting
Singer-songwriter Tony Burns shares his fun but sensuous, blues-inspired tunes and talks about taking part in various singing communities. Other great topics in this show include: Double entendres Toronto Song Circle “Painting a picture” in songwriting Twitter: @yontburns Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tonyburnsca Listen to the full Episode: