I met Chad through the cross-pollination of our respective Meetup groups, Song Talk Meetup, and Chad’s own group, At Home Songwriting. I highly recommend Chad’s online workshops, he’s a fantastic teacher with a great presentation style and knows how to engage his participants in a meaningful and effective way. He’s also the Education Director at the Minnesota Association of Songwriters.

Chad also has a very cool youTube channel, where he talks to songwriters, and posts his recorded workshops. Chad invited me to talk about Song Talk Radio, our meetup groups, my own songwriting journey and some songwriting tips.

Be sure to check out Chad’s website to hear his music too!

We talked about:

• The Song Talk Radio podcast and meetup
• What it means to be an amateur songwriter (I wrote about this too)
• Marketing your music
• Professional artists and what it takes
• How to start songwriting (hint: there’s no one way)
• The value of editing for your songs