This week singer-songwriter and Hamilton Arts Award for Emerging Artist winner (2019) Alex Whorms joined us to talk about her sophomore EP, Burgundy, and two of the songs.
We talked about:

* FACTOR grants and Canada’s Music Incubator (check out our episodes on grants and music royalties)
* how long to take to get to the chorus
* finding the right amount of instrumental activity when you’re singing
* how Alex always gets through the skeleton of a song right away when writing

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Download the lyrics to follow along:
Too Many Love Songs
Birds


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