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Multi grammy award winning songwriter Lori McKenna. 

Lori is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she won a grammy for Best Country Song    "Girl Crush" performed by Little Big Town.  In 2017, she won a grammy for her song “Humble and Kind” recorded by Tim McGraw and most recently was nominated for a grammy for best song “Beautiful Noise” co written with Brandi Carlilie, Alicia keys, Brandy Clark, Linda Perry, Ruby Amanfu, Hailey Whitters, and Hillary Lindsey.

 Lori She has 11 solo albums as an artist, and cowritten  with other artists such as Tylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sarah Barielles, Lady Gaga and many many more.

 Lori is one of the nicest and most talented people you could want to meet and  is    a songwriter that other songwriters study to write better songs.  This conversation inspired me and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Some show highlights:

• The power of mumbling to find a lyric
• Letting the song be a cowriter
• How some times a chord will tell you what to say
• When you start overthinking-take a walk
• Using imagery in your song to tell people what the room looks like so they can put themselves in there 
• Anaphora as a lyric writing device 
• First part of the song is the most important 
• Writing on paper and the computer
• Keeping notes
• Changing the last chorus even a little bit, so the last chorus doesn’t just pass you by
• The grand finale of the last chorus, all the fireworks
• Sing the first verse and chorus to your best friend and sing the second verse and chorus to yourself 
• Last verse and chorus to your someone else 
• A song is a conversation and you don’t have to express it all to just one person, think of it as three different conversations “how to kiss a boy”

http://www.lorimckenna.com

https://www.scarletkeys.com

Engineer: Peter Sykes https://www.petersykesmusic.com

The show's theme song "What's in a Song" was co-written with Otto Gross
Recorded and performed by Otto Gross: 
@OttoGrossProduction (instagram)
@OttoGrossMusic (Youtube, facebook, TikTok)
https://biglink.to/ottogrossmusic

Scarlet's website:

https://www.scarletkeys.com

Scarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/

To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:

https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1