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• Songwriting Challenge 2025: Listener Songs Volume 2

  We showcased and reviewed songs from Dan D’Agostino, Lynn Moe, and Steve Johnson as answers to our Songwriting Challenge 2025, to write a song in an odd time signature. Dan D’Agostino shared his song October Morning.  Download the lyrics, including the time signatures, to follow along.… Read the rest

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• Phil experiments with 7/8 time for the first time

  Phil shared his answer to our songwriting challenge for 2025, to write a song in an odd time signature. He played around with 7/8 time, for the first time ever! We talked about: The #1 Country song on Billboard’s Digital Songs Chart is generated by AI How much of a challenge it is to play a riff in 7/4 naturally How Phil glued together a 4/4 beat and a 3/4 beat for his verses, but made a true 7/8 drum part for the chorus How Phil is still playing around with the lyrics, the key (to find the sweet spot in his voice), and maybe adding a bridge Stretching outside your comfort zone (is a good thing) Working on a song until it “lights a fire” for yourself and you consider it better than “good enough” … Read the rest

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• Songwriting Challenge 2025: Listener Songs Volume 1

  We showcased and reviewed songs from Old Wooley and Paul Gallagher, as answers to our Songwriting Challenge 2025, to write a song in an odd time signature. Old Wooley shared his song Driving Through The Desert. Download the lyrics, including the time signatures, to follow along.… Read the rest

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• Writing from your innermost truths with Rachel Cousins

  Rachel Cousins joined us to talk about writing prolifically and from inner feelings. We also talk about AI in songwriting. Rachel shared her song Little Help. Download the lyrics to follow along. We talked about: Our songwriting challenge for 2025 to write a song in an odd time signature.… Read the rest

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• Neel plays with a polymeter for his songwriting challenge answer

  For Neel’s answer to the 2025 songwriting challenge, he wrote a baroque-esqe song using multiple time signatures and polymeter sections. Download the lyrics to Vice and Rack to follow along. We talked about: The song Cup of Coffee by Garbage and how they used a polymeter (which Neel incorrectly labelled compound time) How Neel incorporated four different time signatures in his song, including a polymeter of “3 against 4” (3/4 and 4/4 simultaneously) Using a 7/4 time signature with alternating 3+4 and 4+3 emphases The appearance of odd time signatures in classical Indian music How Neel’s approach to the bridge resulted in a modulation for the final chorus How Neel used a metronome and selectively muting tracks to compose the polymeter section … Read the rest

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