Songwriter Trysts

Caitlyn Shadbolt, singer songwriter from Gympie, Queensland, Australia, is having fun in 2020 with the release of her new Album Stages, Check out her 'In the making of' video from home on YouTube Here.

She's a bright and bubbly country girl who likes to get dressed up sometimes too, never any good at sports she decided to make a go of singing and songwriting and in this podcast we learn more about her journey, where she has been and where she is going. 

In 2014 she also was on X-Factor Australia, see her audition video here.

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I'm so honoured to be featuring Pat Pattison on todays podcast. He is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry.

In addition to his four books—Songwriting without Boundaries, Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming, —Pattison has developed five online courses for Berklee Online: three on lyric writing, one on poetry, and one on creative writing, all available through Berklee’s online college.

He’s worked with hundreds of Grammy award winning songwriters including Gillian Welch and John Mayer with a passion for music and philosophy he has a lot of deep and insightful thoughts around music and songwriting. If your wanting to work on your songwriting at any level this podcast has something for everyone.

In this podcast he blesses the listeners with a special gift... make sure you get your blessing on Songwriting and listen now! :)

Featured topics from this podcast:

Berklee College - Pat Pattison 

Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Video)

Anything Goes - Cole Porter

John Mayer - Your Body Is A Wonderland

The Unanswered Question 1973b YouTube 

Berklee College - Songwriting Course 

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Damien Johnson Is a curious, compassionate and talented singer songwriter!

We had such a fun live chat for this podcast and talked about some serious topics around mental health but also about life in the music industry, relationships and following ones own truth. The story unfolds through the chat and Rae Leigh and Damien also co-wrote a song after their chat which they both had fun with.

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Christie Lamb has been described as ‘the full package’, a vibrant multi-instrumental and award-winning singer songwriter. Adding to her ever-growing mantle of awards, Christie was voted ‘CMC Female Artist of the Year 2018’ by Australian Country Music Fans. The talented songstress has also been the recipient of a Golden Guitar for ‘CMAA New Talent of the Year 2016’ and was also voted ‘CMC New Oz Artist of the Year 2015’ again by Country Music Fans.

We had great fun talking on the podcast about performing, songwriting and the industry. She talks about how Covid 19 has impacted her this year along with having to be a Covid Bride and what that looked like. I was so honoured to be able to learn from her and hear more about what she is creative with her music. She's an amazing women and inspiration to artists all over Australia. 

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Michael Waugh is a Melbourne Singer Songwriter from East Gippsland Australia. Teaching music and mentoring young people is a passion of his along with the craft of songwriting. He has working with Shane Nicolson to produce and deliver top quality productions to his audience and touched the lives of many people by sharing his gifts with us. 

He gives a profound new voice to the Australian experience. His insightful storytelling cuts to the heart of everyday life. It is honest, emotionally brave and compelling in its beauty.

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Jody Aaron Friedman is a music supervisor, music producer, award-winning songwriter & music publisher.

He is also the founder of www.licenseyourmusic.com, an online platform available for those interested in learning more about licensing their music.

His career began working for CNN in Atlanta, NYC & California.   While working as an Audio Operator, he composed a theme song for the show “Nancy Grace” which was his foray into the world of Music Publishing. Since then, his company, HD Music Now, has grown become a well respected licensing & supervision company, licensing their catalog since 2008.

Some of his music supervision & clearance projects include projects such as “Ugly Delicious“ (Netflix), “Breakfast Lunch Dinner” (Netflix), “Won’t You Be My Neighbor" (Focus Features), “Ingress: The Animation” (Netflix), “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” (Netflix), Fear Inc (Lone Suspect), “The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble (HBO + The Orchard) & more.

Jody also writes & produces for trailers & ads through his company, Collaborate Music. Songs that he wrote & produced have been used in the trailer campaign for CBS’ “Picard”, ”The Handmaid's Tale”, the trailer for Eli Roth’s feature film, “Haunt”, in the tv shows such as Ray

Donovan (Showtime), Victorious (Nickelodeon), Outcast (Cinemax) & many more.

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Melbourne-based Australian outlaw country singer-songwriter, Gareth Leach, has dropped his hard-hitting album Trigger, landing at #2 on the iTunes Country Albums chart and #4 overall/all-genres.

In this podcast we talked about his family, Covid lockdown in  Melbourne with kids and the life of songwriting.

The chat was revered a little on Rae Leigh but was an open and fun conversation. Hearing these two like minded souls connect and get to know each-other and talk about songwriting is entertaining and educational. 

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17 yr old Singer Songwriter Ishan Merchant born in France and lives in Melbourne Australia has a beautiful unique voice and skill for writing beautiful songs and describing stories inspired by movies and other influences.  Rae Leigh came across his Instagram account and wanted to encourage and share his voice and skills with you. Ishan loves sport but after a back injury and a lot of time sitting around at home he discovered his love for music and songwriting.  He's also been blessed to have great supportive parents and mentors to help him on his journey. No matter who you are and what age you are you can continue to learn, grown and use the gifts you were given even when things don't go the way you thought. 

He has an EP in the process of being finished and we look forward to seeing where he goes with it. To keep up to date with his music follow him on his Instagram page.

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Ashley Taylor Grew Up In Bakersfield, California. Thanks To Her Grandmother's CD Collection Mixed With The Rich Musical History Of Her Hometown & The “Bakersfield Sound”, Ashley’s Love Of Country Music Became Her Life’s Passion . She Received Her First Guitar At The Age Of Seventeen & Has Been Making Music Ever Since.

However, It Wasn't Until A Friendship With Hit Songwriter Clay Mills (“Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” By Darius Rucker) That Ashley Made The Life Changing Decision To Sell Everything She Owned, Jump On A Plane, And Move To Nashville, Tennessee.

We had an amazing talk that was very open and vulnerable and how pain is an important part of life that helps us realise how strong we really are. 

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