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About the Songwriting Podcast
Ever wish you had a songwriting mentor with over two decades of experience encouraging and supporting your songwriting success? ‘The Magic of Songwriting Podcast’ is all about helping you reconnect with and experience the transformation, joy and magic of songwriting to become the songwriter you’ve always dreamed of being.
In this podcast, award-winning songwriter, educator, and founder of I Heart Songwriting Club, Francesca de Valence, guides you to have songwriting breakthroughs. In her solo episodes, she’ll break down big, inspired ideas into practical steps that are simple to action. In addition, you’ll hear insightful and magical long-form interviews with other prolific songwriters in the conversation episodes. So whether you’re a budding songwriter, touring the world, or simply want to write amazing songs week after week, each episode will help you take action to make your songwriting dreams a reality.
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Practical Songwriting Tips
Here is a collection of our favourite podcast episodes that will give you some practical songwriting tips that you can start using in your next song.
How to Choose Songs for an Album and Empower Yourself in the Recording Studio
How to Choose Songs for an Album and Empower Yourself in the Recording Studio
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence Based on the content of
Being A Working Mum and a Songwriter – Tips to Staying Balanced and Well
Being a Working Mum and a Songwriter - Tips to Staying Balanced and Well
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job Based
Francesca’s Story
Discover more about IHSC founder, Francesca de Valence and the many incredible ways that the magic of songwriting has transformed her life.
A Retrospective of 400 Songs in 400 Weeks: Having Faith in Your Songwriting
A Retrospective of 400 Songs in 400 Weeks: Having Faith in Your Songwriting Based on the content of Episode 13, The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence Want
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence Based on the content of Episode 7, The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence There seems to be a perpetuating
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job Based on some of the content of Episode 5, The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence
Laying Solid Foundations for Your Songwriting Practice
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Songwriting Magic
This is probably the most exciting part of the podcast for us – the magic. Here are our favourite episodes that share insights into the MAGIC of songwriting.
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence
The Secret Ingredient to Songwriting Success and Confidence Based on the content of Episode 7, The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence There seems to be a perpetuating
Being A Working Mum and a Songwriter – Tips to Staying Balanced and Well
Being a Working Mum and a Songwriter - Tips to Staying Balanced and Well Podcast Excerpt - "350 Songs and Counting: The Keys to Becoming a Prolific Songwriter with Helen Perris" - Episode
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job
How to Become a Professional Songwriter Without Giving Up Your Day Job Based on some of the content of Episode 5, The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence
How To Write A Great Melody – 8 Tips To Develop Your Songwriting
How To Write A Great Melody - 8 Tips To Develop Your Songwriting Podcast Excerpt - "Practical Tips to Writing Melodies, Channeling Ideas and Other Magic with Simon Shapiro" - Episode 4, The
Music Industry Tips
Want to learn more about how to take your magical songs out to the world? Check out our music industry tips.
What Can An Independent Record Label Do For An Artist?
What Can An Independent Record Label Do For An Artist and Do You Even Need One? Based on the Podcast Episode: "What Can An Independent Record Label Do For An Artist and Do
Do I Need a Music Manager and How Can They Help Me Take My Next Steps?
Do I Need a Music Manager and How Can They Help Me Take My Next Steps? Based on the Podcast Episode: "Do I Need a Music Manager and How Can They Help Me
Your Podcast Host, Francesca de Valence
Francesca is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter, music educator (M.Mus, B.Mus, B.Ed), speaker, founder of I Heart Songwriting Club and creator of The Magic of Songwriting. She has been faculty member of Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium of Music, a regular writer for Songwriting Magazine UK, has facilitated songwriting workshops for APRA AMCOS (AUS/NZ), IMRO (IRE), UBC (BRZ), and spoken at Folk Alliance International, Durango Songwriter’s Expo, Rio Music Market. Whilst she’s not touring or at her creative hub in Paris, Francesca is based in her hometown of Brisbane, Australia.
We acknowledge that the amazing image of Francesca that features on the main podcast cover was taken by Caroline Attwood from Scrunch. As such, we would like to say a big thanks to Caroline. Finally, we give a big thanks to IHSC member Chris de Souza for editing and mixing our podcast episodes.