HOW TO WRITE SONGS with Keppie & Benny
This podcast dives deep into the art and craft of songwriting through honest conversations about how songs get written, how songwriters think, and the questions that come up when you commit to making creative work. The two hosts, friends for over 20 years, return again and again to music and songwriting despite their different career paths, with their passion only growing. They share insights from their work with songwriters around the world, including weekly sessions with their community and their YouTube channel, How To Write Songs.
Episodes
How to Train Your 'Creativity Muscles'
John Cleese famously said 'Creativity is not a talent, it is a way of operating'. If that is true, how can we learn to operate more effectively as songwriters? Are there ways to train and strengthen our 'creativity muscles' on a daily basis?In this episode, we tackle the huge and enduring topic of creativity and identify some practical ways that you can develop your own creative practice.COMMUNITY
How Long Should a Song Take to Write?
For Bob Dylan, it sometimes took him 10 minutes, while Leonard Cohen wrote and re-wrote endless versions of 'Hallelujah' over a 5 year period.So, how long should it take to write a song? Does it depend on your skill level... your personality, the type of song, the reason for the song existing?In this episode we tackle these big questions and many more!YOUTUBE: If you want more tips and tutorials o
You Either Have It or You Don't... Right?
If we’re honest with ourselves, we all wonder from time to time just how much talent we have, how much natural ability we've been endowed with.But how much does talent really matter? And when we say you either have 'it' or you don't, what is that 'it' really referring to?In this, our very first episode, we tackle one of the most persistent and controversial topics in the world of songwriting and m
