Songwriting isn’t about coming up with ideas — it’s about learning how to listen.

In this episode, I’m sharing a different kind of ear training for singer-songwriters: one that helps you recognize song beginnings as they’re already forming — where listening becomes the skill that guides everything else.

We’ll talk about the subtle ways songs often arrive: a line that won’t leave you alone, a sound or melody fragment, a feeling that hasn’t found words yet — and why learning to listen for these beginnings can change the entire songwriting process.

Rather than forcing a song into shape, this episode explores how to notice what’s already present and stay with it long enough for the song to reveal itself. This is ear training for the creative process — grounded, embodied, and accessible, even if you feel stuck or unsure where to begin.

If songwriting has ever felt intimidating, overwhelming, or overly technical, this conversation offers a simpler starting place: attention, curiosity, and trust.

Listening is where the song begins.

<3 Lainey

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What if you didn’t have to think your way into songwriting — but could play your way in?

In this episode, I explore how vocal play can become a gentle doorway into songwriting, whether your songs begin with words, melody, or something in between. Instead of focusing on performance or “getting it right,” we look at how letting the voice explore can lower pressure, reconnect you to emotion, and help songs begin to take shape naturally.

You’ll learn:

• why singing doesn’t have to mean performing
• how vocal play supports the songwriting process
• a simple practice for turning journal lines into song ideas
• how singing, songwriting, and creativity are deeply connected

This episode is for singer-songwriters who feel stuck, overthink their songs, or want a more embodied, intuitive way to write music.

If you’re longing to reconnect with your voice — and let songwriting feel more alive and possible again — this episode is for you.

If you’re heading into the new year feeling creatively overwhelmed — with too many ideas, unfinished projects, and uncertainty about where to focus — this episode is for you.

So many singer-songwriters struggle not because they lack inspiration, but because choosing one direction feels risky. What if you pick the wrong project? What if you lose momentum? What if you don’t follow through?

In this episode, we explore a gentler, more sustainable approach to creative focus: choosing one creative practice instead of forcing yourself to commit to a specific outcome or project.

Rather than asking, “What should I make this year?” we shift the question to, “What is asking for my devotion?”

You’ll hear:

• Why having too many ideas can create creative paralysis
• The difference between choosing a project and choosing a practice
• How focusing on one creative practice builds clarity, consistency, and trust
• A guided listening exercise to help you tune into what wants your attention right now
• How devotion to practice can naturally support songwriting, singing, and creative momentum

This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and release the pressure to have everything figured out. You don’t need to chase every idea — you only need to choose the practice that can hold them all.

If you’re craving creative clarity without burnout, and focus without force, this conversation will meet you right where you are.

<3 Lainey

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