Fiona and Blair have been songwriters and performers in various musical projects for a long time. Fairly recently they pooled their songwriting talents in the band The Lonely Fates. It was a real pleasure to hear how these two talented songwriters collaborate to build songs from the ground up. The offer ideas, they listen, they intuite, they soundboard off each other and they trust each other enough to be able to give frank feedback. The result is soulful indi folk songs that capture you completely.....and their harmonies are breathtaking. I learnt a lot about collaborative songwriting from this discussion.

Blair and Fiona described how they wrote their new song "This is what we do" and played it live in the studio. They were generous enough to stick around to record a couple of other songs too - "Catch Release" and "True North". You can hear both of these just after the end of the closing credits.

Here's where you can find the songs:

This is what we do - 15.15

Catch Release - 30.46

True North - 34.31

To check out The Lonely Fates:

TheLonelyFates