Up and coming singer-songwriter and Humber College music student Sean Bertram joined us to talk about his education and his chord-based approach to songwriting. Blair Packham subbed in for Phil – thanks Blair! And welcome to Raphael, our new technical and audio specialist – welcome to the team!

We talked about:

* why bother making an album anymore

* writing as a hopeless romantic

* why do we ( as humans) write songs?

* writing outside typical “campfire chords“

* developing lyrics based on your chord choices

* conversational storytelling: rhyme schemes and writing two verses before hitting the chorus

* Song Studio

* using falsetto in your songs

Listen to the show

Download the lyrics for Closure and She’ll Ruin Me.

Watch the live performances