Dear Songwriter...
By Connor Frost
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by Connor Frost
Category: Music Commentary
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 2
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 115
Description
A podcast to help you confidently and regularly write and release your music.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
109. Four Questions I Ask During the Demo Production Process
|
May 07, 2024 |
|
108. Analyzing the Songwriting of The Beatles' George Harrison
|
Apr 30, 2024 |
|
107. Re: My “Controversial” Post About Song Structure
|
Apr 23, 2024 |
|
FROM THE VAULT: Have You Considered a Songwriting Retreat?
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
|
106. 10 Thoughts to Help Your Songwriting in Quarter 2
|
Apr 09, 2024 |
|
FROM THE VAULT: How to Write, Produce, and Release Your Debut Album in Six Months (interview w/ Capella Daydream)
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
FROM THE VAULT: How Do I Start Writing Melodies for My Song?
|
Mar 26, 2024 |
|
105. The Ins and Outs of Crowdfunding Your Album
|
Mar 19, 2024 |
|
104. 2 Songwriting Tools From Oasis
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
|
103. I Wrote a Song for TV Consideration - What I Learned
|
Mar 04, 2024 |
|
102. Breaking Down the Important Relationship Between Notes and Syllables
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
101. Are My Lyrics Too "Wordy"?
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
100. 18 Months to Write a Song?!
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
99. 3 Songwriting Breakthroughs I’ve Experienced Recently
|
Feb 06, 2024 |
|
98. How I Balance Writing Songs with My Coaching Business
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
97. Four Lyric-Writing Tools from Death Cab for Cutie
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
96. Four Songwriting Habits for 2024
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
95. How Sia Uses a Post-Chorus
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
94. 12 Harsh Lessons I Re-Learned in 2023
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
93. 3 Things I’ve Learned About Lyric-Writing
|
Dec 26, 2023 |
|
92. How to Eliminate the Overwhelm
|
Dec 19, 2023 |
|
91. Why It's Important to Write Garbage
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
|
90. Am I Ready to Go on Tour?
|
Dec 05, 2023 |
|
89. Answering Your Questions: Mailbag Episode #2
|
Nov 28, 2023 |
|
88. How and Why I’m Shaking Up My Songwriting Process
|
Nov 21, 2023 |
|
87. How Do I Write a Song About Something Other than My Ex?
|
Nov 14, 2023 |
|
86. How to Break Through the “Second Verse Curse”
|
Nov 07, 2023 |
|
85. 35 Things I’ve Learned That Have Helped My Career as an Artist/Songwriter (Part 2)
|
Oct 31, 2023 |
|
84. 35 Things I’ve Learned That Have Helped My Career as an Artist/Songwriter (Part 1)
|
Oct 24, 2023 |
|
83. Four Ways to Start Your Song
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
82. 5 Reasons to Attend a Songwriting Retreat
|
Oct 10, 2023 |
|
81. Being Half-Asian, Touring the World, and the New Music Industry
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
80. Strategies and Philosophies to Help Get You Unstuck with Your Songwriting
|
Sep 26, 2023 |
|
79. Answering Your Questions - Mailbag Episode #1
|
Sep 19, 2023 |
|
78. How to Implement "Energy Flow" into Your Songwriting
|
Sep 12, 2023 |
|
77. How to Use Contrast to Strengthen Your Songs
|
Sep 05, 2023 |
|
76. Week in the Life of a Full-Time Songwriting Coach
|
Aug 29, 2023 |
|
75. How to "Find Your Sound"
|
Aug 22, 2023 |
|
74. How Do I End My Song?
|
Aug 15, 2023 |
|
73. 3 Ways to Make Money from Songwriting
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
|
72. Open Letter to the Person who Called Me a “Fraud”
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
71. 3 Ways to Change Up Verse Melodies
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
70. 3 Ways to Ensure “Success” as a Songwriter
|
Jul 18, 2023 |
|
69. 4 Strategies to Keep Your Lyrics Focused
|
Jul 11, 2023 |
|
68. What We Can Learn from Lizzo’s “About Damn Time”
|
Jul 06, 2023 |
|
67. 6 Thoughts That Are Keeping You Stuck
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
|
66. What We Can Learn about Songwriting from Sia’s “Unstoppable”
|
Jun 29, 2023 |
|
65. How to Write Lyrics that Tell a Story
|
Jun 27, 2023 |
|
64. What We Can Learn about Songwriting from Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy”
|
Jun 22, 2023 |
|
63. 3 Benefits to Starting Your Songwriting Process with Lyrics
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
|
62. 3 Things We Can Learn from Green Day’s “Redundant”
|
Jun 15, 2023 |
|
61. What is a “lyrical motif” and how can we use them in our verses?
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
60. Rapid-Fire Questions for a Songwriting Coach
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
59. How do I Start Writing Melodies for My Song?
|
May 30, 2023 |
|
58. How to Prepare for Your First Release
|
May 23, 2023 |
|
57. Help! 3 Things I’m Struggling With
|
May 16, 2023 |
|
56. How to Make Your Songs Sound Less “Generic”
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
55. An update, mindset check, and songwriting exercise
|
May 02, 2023 |
|
54. Treating Songwriting Like a Job
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
|
53. About that time I went on tour earlier this year…
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
|
52. The Facebook Message That Changed My Music Career
|
Apr 11, 2023 |
|
51. 3 Things I would’ve done differently when I first started getting serious about songwriting
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
|
50. Use This Checklist for Verse 1 of your Song
|
Mar 28, 2023 |
|
49. 3 Songwriting Tools from Paramore’s “You First”
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
|
48. 3 Ways to Transition Between Verses and Choruses
|
Mar 14, 2023 |
|
47. 3 Reasons Why Semisonic’s “Closing Time” is so F***ing Catchy
|
Mar 07, 2023 |
|
46. 3 Quick Lyric Writing Tips for Your Verses
|
Feb 28, 2023 |
|
45. A Night to Remember in Tallahassee, Florida
|
Feb 21, 2023 |
|
44. 2 Songwriting Time-Management Strategies
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
|
REPLAY: Building a Song vs. Writing a Song
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
43. Try One of These 3 Song Structures For Your Next Tune
|
Jan 31, 2023 |
|
42. How to Write Memorable Melodies
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
|
41. How to Defeat Writer's Block
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
|
40. How to Set the Right Goal for Your Music (2021 interview with @bandhive.rocks)
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
39. How I Became a Full-Time Musician and Songwriting Mentor
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
38. 3 Takeaways From MGK’s “Emo Girl”
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
|
37. Stop Saying These 3 Things
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
|
36. From Voice Memo to Ableton Demo to Release
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
35. Can You Imagine Your Life Without Songwriting?
|
Dec 06, 2022 |
|
34. How to Do a Song Analysis (to help your own songwriting)
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
33. Something We Can Learn from the "Anti-Hero" Prechorus
|
Nov 22, 2022 |
|
32. Analyzing the Melodic Structure of Nirvana's "Drain You"
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
|
31. Her first two songs were in English and Mandarin
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
30. Patience May Be the Key to Getting You Unstuck
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
|
29. How to Go From No Songs Written to a Music Blog Feature in 6 Months
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
|
28. The Truth About Going on Tour (interview with @natehoover in 2018)
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
27. What is Meter and Why Should I Care? (sneak-peak into my mentorship for beginner songwriters)
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
26. 10 Years of Writer's Block?!
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
25. Here's a Checklist for Your Chorus
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
|
24. Writer's Block? Try these lyric writing exercises
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
23. A Crash Course on Writing Lyrics
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
|
22. 3 Takeaways from a Songwriting Retreat
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
|
21. How to Get Unstuck When it Comes to Lyrics
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
20. You Never Know Who Might Be Listening...
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
19. Why I Left My Career to Pursue Music
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
18. 5 Places to Look for a Producer
|
Aug 09, 2022 |
|
17. 3 Tips for Writing Better Lyrics
|
Aug 02, 2022 |
|
16. So You're a Vocalist Who Doesn't Play Another Instrument
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
|
15. How to Start Writing a Bridge
|
Jul 19, 2022 |
|
14. What is an Interlude?
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
|
13. Do The Stuff That Other People Aren't Willing To Do
|
Jul 05, 2022 |
|
12. How to Start Writing a Song if You Have No Idea What to Write About
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
|
11. How to Book Your First Show (interview w/ James Cross)
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
|
10. From Being Completely Overwhelmed to Officially Becoming a Songwriter in 3 Months
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
|
9. "Building" a Song vs. "Writing" a Song
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
|
8. How I Booked My First Show in Beijing
|
May 31, 2022 |
|
7. Don't Be Surprised if These 4 Things Happen After Your First Release
|
May 24, 2022 |
|
6. Maybe it Isn't All About You
|
May 17, 2022 |
|
5. An Exercise to Help You When You're Stuck on Lyrics
|
May 10, 2022 |
|
4. How to Write a Verse Melody
|
May 03, 2022 |
|
BONUS: How to Write, Produce, and Release Your Debut Album in Six Months (interview w/ Capella Daydream)
|
Apr 28, 2022 |
|
3. 8 Thoughts to Help You Gain the Confidence to Release Your First Album or Single
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
|
2. 3 Ways to Make Your First Album Release Less Overwhelming
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
1. 4 Reasons You're Not Finishing Writing Your Songs
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
TRAILER: Dear Songwriter...
|
Apr 18, 2022 |