#318: Songwriting Secrets with Keppie and Benny of How to Write Songs

Keppie Coutts and Benny Romalis are professional songwriters who run the website and YouTube Channel How to Write Songs. Both have released numerous albums, written songs for many artists, and teach songwriting. Their YouTube channel is one of my personal favorites and their courses have helped thousands of songwriters. Keppie, Benny, and I had a great discussion about writing music and their new course on Udemy: The 5 Most Powerful Songwriting Exercises... Revealed. Keppie and Bennie generously shared 2 of those exercises, complete with music demonstrations and performances.  Edit: Keppie mentioned "The River" by Bruce Springsteen but she said afterwards that she meant "Devils and Dust." Listen on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, or watch on YouTube Show Notes: How to Write Songs - https://howtowritesongs.org/ How to Write Songs YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@htws The 5 Most Powerful Songwriting Exercises... Revealed - https://www.udemy.com/course/the-5-most-powerful-songwriting-exercises-revealed/ How to Write Songs Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howtowrite.songs/ Keppie's First Appearance on the podcast #248 - https://brianfunk.com/blog/keppie-coutts Keppie's Second Appearance on the podcast #262 -https://brianfunk.com/blog/keppie-coutts-2 Matthew Dicks on the Music Production Podcast #314 - https://brianfunk.com/blog/matthew-dicks "The River" by Bruce Springsteen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7BUXRsTbvI "Devils and Dust" by Bruce Springsteen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-DcnhrMkY Jeff Tweedy's How to Write One Song - https://amzn.to/41S5i3S Bayles and Orland's Art and Fear - https://amzn.to/41Oz8WX Song Exploder Podcast - https://songexploder.net/ And the Writer Is... Podcast - https://www.andthewriteris.com/ Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc  5-Minute Music Producer - https://brianfunk.com/book Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store This episode was edited by Animus Invidious of PerforModule - https://performodule.com/ Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk