Singer-Songwriter and Songwriting Coach Anne Sibley interviews guest songwriters who together with Anne, sing their original music and discuss the healing magic...
One way to stay true to your songwriting is to put in on your schedule! Would love for you to come join this special March 5-Day Songwriting Challenge, it's a small commitment of time with a powerful ability to allow you to create a song from start to finish in just a few days. Register Here on my website for the Songwriting Challenge, yay!Let’s talk about the Essentialism of Our Songwriting and then get to actually writing songs!!Music is healing, we know this on a cellular levelHow is your songwriting going? Are you doing it?It’s easy not to do our songwriting, but is it? It’s not easy or easeful in our life when we skip our creative processes. So much reward in our adult life to checking off our to-do list but our songwriting is so essential. We come to the dinner table each night more ALIVE and full of feeling, when we’ve said yes to our creativity, touched based with our emotions and feelings, this is HUGE.At the fork in the road, choosing whether I make a phone call I need OR do I sit at my songwriting. Perhaps it’s not so black or white…So much more bits of inspiration on my Songwriting Newsletter, just click this link here to sign up for that weekly cheer in your inbox!Take good care, yours in songwriting,Anne
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How You Make Songwriting Easier
Songwriting doesn’t have to be hard. What a good reminder! One of my mentors was saying that editing is perfectionism! That really hit me as being so true. On today's episode, you'll hear me dive into songwriting with WAY less editing and less overthinking. It can involve more play and experimentation and having fun.I know you want to be writing more and I think you'll find these tips will help you do that! Wanting to join the February 19th Online Song Circle? Come meet some new songwriters (we are a very sweet and supportive community, a safe place!) and share one of YOUR new songs! I'd love to hear it. Register Here, it's free.You can always head to my website, www.annesibley.com to find out about more songwriting opportunities and support!
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Crafting Beautiful Songs with Pharis Romero
Listening to songwriter Pharis Romero is like sitting in the most beautiful kitchen with warm sun streaming in the windows and a cup of your favorite tea. What a treat to get a deep dive into her songwriting process. She has created a beautiful life with her husband, together known as “Pharis & Jason Romero” and you will want to add their albums to your playlists! Their latest record Tell ‘Em You Were Gold was released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in June 2022. I hope you’ll read all about them, their lives are fascinating and their music and the banjos they build are exquisite. The two recordings we play on the podcast today are songs that Pharis wrote: Souvenir, the title track from their most recent album and A Wanderer I’ll Stay. “I love the part of my brain that wants to turn things into songs! And it gets better, the more I do it…” says Pharis. Visit Pharis’ Website: https://www.pharisandjason.com/homeFollow Pharis & Jason Romero on IG: pharisandjasonCheck Out their Incredible Banjos: https://www.romerobanjos.com/Enjoy reading these beautiful lyrics to Pharis Romero’s song “A Wanderer I’ll Stay” which we play in the second half of the podcast:Oh why wait for summer when there's time to waste right hereThere's an aching deep inside saysThere's no time, honey there's no timeOh I was born to wander, and a wanderer I'll stayThough it grieves my poor old motherThere's no time, honey there's no timeThere's no time, there's no timeWhy do girls go steady, when their hearts are not inclinеdAnd I believe thеy just aren't readyFor the road, honey for the roadBoys are fixed on numbers, how many and what kindIn this game we're all piecesOn the board, honey on the boardOn the board, on the boardSome will take a hammer, and nail their bodies downIn a loving home foreverIn town, oh honey, in townOne morning I might wake up and take the day in handI'll use the nails and hammerBuild a home, honey build a homeSo many episodes all to inspire and support your songwriting plus check out Anne's songwriting groups and coaching at www.annesibley.com
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How To Find Flow State
Think of the last time you were songwriting and the words and/or music just felt like a delivery with little effort on your part, has that happened for you? That is flow state. It's available to all of us and it is a powerful conduit for bringing our songs from our heart to life. On today's episode, I explain what it feels like to write a song from this space, to practice it, and trust that it is always available to you.Try this whimsical Exercise to experience flow state (I read it aloud at the end of the Podcast):Picture a beautiful stream. You don’t have to do anything to make that water flow. Sit down next to that stream, close your eyes, and now imagine that the stream is music and words floating by. Beautiful melodies of all kinds. Powerful lyrics of every shape and form. Take a beautiful cup and dip into that water to scoop out a cup for yourself. Imagine pouring it onto a blank page. As soon as you do, this music and the lyrics come to life, they swirl around you. You hear the notes, the melody and the words form verses and a chorus, and the chord progression is written in front of you. This song is a gift for you now. Anytime you want to write another song, just come back to this stream. It is never ending, always running with a beautiful current, and it always wanting you to come visit. Don’t be too busy to visit the stream. It flows for you and wants to express itself through your voice and through your fingers in the way that your heart can feel its healing powers.Try recording the previous paragraph by speaking it into a Voice Memo. Give it a title so you can listen to it whenever you need to be reminded of flow state. Now find a quiet spot and take a few deep breaths until you feel calm. Be intentional about having positive thoughts. Listen to the recording (more than once if you need to). Now open your eyes slowly with a soft focus and write about your experience during this exercise / meditation. What song are you willing to receive in this flow state? Write down any images, lyrics, and/or music that came to you. Use it to write a song, work on a current song, or just to experience flow state regularly so you can return to this calm and grounding space when you want to be creative.I love hearing from songwriters, reach out through my website or social media.Songwriting Courses, One-on-One coaching, Songwriting Groups, and more! www.annesibley.com
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Take The Next Step in Your Songwriting
I am glad you are here! I hope you are inspired to ease off the break a little and roll into the next step with your songwriting after listening to today's episode. Always a good idea to have your journal nearby to answer some of these reflective questions like what are the next steps for your songwriting? Are you really comfortable staying where you are or might there be some much better rewards taking that next step?**8-Week Songwriting Course that I run is online and I have space for one more songwriter to join us on this journey! Check it out at my website: www.annesibley.comI sent this out today in my songwriting newsletter (and thanks for tuning in to the podcast!!)What if today you took the next step in your songwriting?If you have been staying in your comfort zone, I get it. I’ve been there. It’s comfortable. Actually, if you really looked at it, is it really all that comfortable? To not write the song, or sign up for the group, or share a song? Does that feel good?Here’s my experience of not taking the next step: I feel heavy, and a low-level annoyance. I might get annoyed at kids leaving their dishes all over the kitchen. I feel tired, uninspired, and I’m just going through motions. Bored, maybe sorry for myself.Here’s my experience when I DO take the next step (even the smallest next step like leaving the kitchen dirty and working on my new song):I lose track of time. I feel alive. I have a bounce in my step. I remember I’ve been wanting to thank a friend for something and I text her. I head off to my next thing humming my new song. I smile at the next person I see and ask them how their day is going.Does this resonate?Try this exercise: SONGWRITING & YOUR COMFORT ZONEWhat is the next step I want to be taking in my songwriting? Write a few sentences off the top of your head, the steps might surprise you.Imagine you take one of these steps, are you more or less comfortable than you are now?Ask a different question now, not about comfort but like this: How might I feel if I take that next step? What would I gain? What might I lose?What is the reward(s) I get for staying in my comfort zone? (Basically you are finding out WHY you don’t take the next steps when you answer this one).Now question that last answer, are they truly rewards?Welcome home to your truth, I promise that taking the next step has rewards beyond what you can even imagine. Allow yourself to take it.Yours in Songwriting,Anne
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Singer-Songwriter and Songwriting Coach Anne Sibley interviews guest songwriters who together with Anne, sing their original music and discuss the healing magic and processes of songwriting.
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