Hi Ohana, 

today I have singer/songwriter Ritho with me.  He shared his secrets of writing his melodies. How he used to be really bad at it and then got to master one of the most important skills of songwriting. Ritho said that songwriting is like exercising a muscle. The more you use it, the better you will get! On the production side, he gave away some great advice. Production isn't there to magically make a song sound good but to enhance it and serve the song to the best it can be, especially if it means hardly adding anything production-wise. His rule of thumb is that production "betters" the song around 20%.  Of course, he had a chat about his amazing song "Say You're Mine". He took me behind the scenes and talked me through his songwriting and production process.   

Have fun!  

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