What's in a Song

Part 2 Taylor Swift "Ruin the Friendship" The music, Nashville tunings, copy right infringement

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Scarlet Keys is joined with Forensic Musicologist Dr. Joe Bennett.  Joe breaks down the chords in this song and shares Nashville tunings

Part 1 Taylor Swift "Ruin the Friendship" - lyric techniques and the power of a great bridge

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about Taylor Swift's narrative and lyric techniques.  We break down the bridge in the song "Ruin the Friendship"  with a f

Diagnosing a song

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about the critical thinking skills of a songwriter and the puzzle of the song.   When your song feels like it's missing so

Taylor Swift's Eldest Daughter break down with Guest forensic musicologist Joe Bennett

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to a new season! We are continuing on with the Life of a Show Girl interpreted with new up coming episodes. Today, I am joined with Dr. J

Taylor Swift's "Father Figure" The break down with guest Forensic musicologist Joe Bennett

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we break down Father Figure from Taylor Swift's record "The Life of a Showgirl". In this episode we look at: The chord progressi

Taylor Swift's Opalite - break down

Send us Fan Mail Track32 on "The Life of a Showgirl" - Opalite I'm back with Forensic Musicologist Dr. Joe Bennett In this episode we look at: The chord progress

Taylor Swift's "Elizabeth Taylor" - The break down

Send us Fan Mail Track 2 on "The Life of a Showgirl" - Elizabeth Taylor I'm back with Forensic Musicologist Dr. Joe Bennett In this episode we look at: The chord

Breaking down Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" with Musicologist Joe Bennett

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of a 12 episode series where Berklee College of music professor Scarlet Keys talks about each song off of the new Taylor Swift album "

It's never to late to become a songwriter with former Berklee College of music president Roger Brown

Send us Fan Mail About this weeks guest: Roger Brown is an American businessman, philanthropist, and academic administrator and former president of Berklee College of M

From Buzz to Bond: Queen of PR Ariel Hyatt talks about how to create real fans

Send us Fan Mail Today, Ariel Hyatt introduces the concept of the Three Communities every artist must understand:  - **Ambient Fans** who are aware of you  - **Engaged F

Imposter Syndrome (no more) with Dr. Jill Stoddard on the inner critic, the wise mind and so much more

Send us Fan Mail To sign up for the online songwriting in process class: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1376858744569?aff=oddtdtcreator On today's show I have Psych

Writing songs for Social Change with Multi grammy winning singer/songwriter Mark Simos

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mark Simos takes us through writing songs for social change, political protest, songs for that evoke empathy and songs of conscience.

Creative agility and writing process with hit songwriting Rodney Alejandro

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Music as medicine- The health benefits of listening to your favorite songs with Neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Levitin

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Neuroscientist, author and musician Dr. Daniel Levitin on how music affects our health.  From reducing cortisol to lesseni

Singer/songwriter Jesse Terry - Writing great melodies and crowd funding

Send us Fan Mail To sign up for the November 23rd virtual LYRIC WRITING WORKSHOP:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1070697919299?aff=oddtdtcreatorhttps://www.eventbrite.co

Kylie Rothfield on writing process, craft, what she learned from Alicia Keys about singing and stage fright

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk with singer/songwriter Kylie Rothfield. She shares what she learned about singing and stage fright from Alicia Keys.  We talk a

Songs with a message, writing from your life with Michael McDermott

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, singer/songwriter Michael McDermott talks about writing process, writing from your life and shares new songs off his two new albums dro

What does AI mean for songwriters with award winning songwriter and Berklee Professor Ben Camp

Send us Fan Mail Today I have Berklee Professor Ben Camp on the show discussing AI We talk about where it is now and what it means for songwriters in the future.  We ta

Creating metaphors with Pat Pattison

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Pat Pattison, author of "Writing Better Lyrics" walks us through step by step of how to find metaphors. This is the exercise I gave to

Madi Diaz on writing process, and the magic of co-writing

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is one of my former students singer/songwriter Madi Diaz Madi grew up in Pennsylvania where she was homes schooled by her mother and too