Winters’ Day In
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author Talena Winters.
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Inconveniences I Would Rather Have
On Wednesday, I found I was grieving all the things that Levi will not get to do that I wanted him to be able to do. I find that writing songs helps me deal with very stressful and emotional topics, so I wrote "Things I'll Never Do". Here is a quick scratch recording on a video for this song.
Prosody: Aristotle’s Gift to Songwriters
For week 2 of the Pat Pattison songwriting course through Coursera, we have been learning about prosody, or the elements that create unity in a song. Specifically, we have been learning how line length and the number of lines both affect prosody and what effects they have on the song in general.
A Love Song For My Honey
A new demo recording of a song I wrote for Jason by my friend Richie Owens.