Write seven songs in seven days - no way! A songwriter friend of mine organised an online songwriting challenge to write and share in real time an original song every day for a week. 12 songwriters participated and this is the first of a two part account of an amazing, raw, unfiltered and supportive songwriting experience under time pressures but in a safe space. It was an incredible experience, we learnt so much from each other and at the end of the week 59 new songs existed in the world! In this episode, four of the participants, Ryland Newstead, Jasmine Fellows, Scott Lennard and I, talk through how the first part of the week went and we share lots of song snippets from the original songs people composed and shared. Where do the ideas come from? Lyric techniques? Picking up creative sparks from others? Getting it done in a day? Dealing with writers block? Chat GPT - hmmm? All is discussed and revealed. If this episode captures your interest, have a listen to the next episode where we go into the second part of the songwriting week.

Here's a playlist of some of the songs written during the week:

https://soundcloud.com/ryland_n/sets/7-songs-in-7-days-2023?si=a9ea2f05fd6f4df18d89ec893977e94e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing