Music Production Podcast

#262: Songwriting with Keppie Coutts

Apr 28, 2022

01:36:05

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The Difference Between Cathasis and Communication

05:20

The Importance of Acoustic Instruments in Songwriting

03:12

Music for Autism

03:43

Introduction

3min

The Importance of the First and Last Line of a Song

2min

Song Writing - Primacy and Recency

4min

Music Theory

4min

The Story Telling Component of a Song

6min

The Theory of Harmonics - The Emotional Impact

6min

Learning Music Theory on the Guitar - Is That a Detriment?

4min

Music Is So Emotional and It's Self So Like Math

2min

How to Write a Great Pre Chorus

2min

10.

How to Write a Great Pre Chorus?

3min

11.

Did John Legend Stea Stea This Cord Progression?

3min

12.

Click Bate Titles

3min

13.

Mother Tongues

2min

14.

What if We Collaborated Writed a Book?

4min

15.

Songwriting Workshop

6min

16.

Song Writing - The First Time in My Life, Was Kind of a Song Running Workshop

4min

17.

Application of the Squeeze

5min

18.

The Squeeze of Limitation in Song Writing

2min

19.

Song Writing Groups - The Squeeze

2min

20.

The Squeeze of a Weekly Prompt

5min

21.

The Alblum - A Review of the Alblum

2min

22.

The Importance of Acoustic Instruments in Songwriting

3min

23.

Music for Autism

4min

24.

The Difference Between Cathasis and Communication

5min

25.

The Psychology of Story Telling

3min

26.

What's the Theme of the Glass of Watern?

3min

27.

Why Do Humans Need Stories?

6min

Keppie Coutts has one of my favorite YouTube channels, "How to Write Songs." Keppie studied and taught at Berklee College of Music. Her latest work is on a new audiobook/album Mothertongues. Keppie was commissioned to write songs and music around the theme of motherhood for the audiobook.

Keppie and I spoke about her songwriting process and the challenges songwriters face. We explored what it means to turn nothing into something, as well as some of the common misconceptions around the craft of songwriting that hold people back.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes:

Keppie's Music Site - https://www.keppiecouttsmusic.com
How to Write Songs (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHX6_NG_L7OitIAgcS56zpw/videos
Mothertongues - https://www.keppiecouttsmusic.com/music
How to Write Songs (Blog) - https://kcsongstudio.com
Keppie's Songwriting Workshops - https://howtowritesongs.org/workshops/
Secret to Great Lyric Writing: The First Line - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6njy21wZoE&t=2s
Keppie's First Appearance on the podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/keppie-coutts
Holistic Songwriting - https://holistic-songwriting.com
John Mayer on Songwriting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7W8E1tp97A
"Piper" Pixar Short - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIRXIckfMA
Signals Music Studio - Borrowed Chords - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IdttvJSedg
Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio on the podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/jake-lizzio

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Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast

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