We had the pleasure of having the prolific Toronto poet, novelist, and singer/songwriter Robert Priest (with David Hynes on guitar) back in the studio to share a couple of his children’s songs. We talked about…

* testing a song on a 6-year old

* moving from writing for adults to writing for children on the same day

* chord choices for children

* writing for younger and older children (the differences)

* kids deserve quality songwriting

* “Inchworm” (an old favourite)

* repetition in kids’ songs

* using words that kids will have to look up (why not?)

* the work habits of a prolific writer

* Gilbert and Sullivan style (The Ships of Bath)

* do you have to have kids to write for children?

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