Wintersβ Day In
Spilling the tea since 2006. Wanna cuppa?
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author and songwriter (and aspiring mermaid) Talena Winters.
Together Again: How I Fell Back in Love with Songwriting
How I gave up my lifelong dream of being a professional songwriter, and how itβs found me in another formβand why that means youβll have new music to listen to, starting today.
Inconveniences I Would Rather Have (and βThings Iβll Never Doβ song)
On Wednesday, I found I was grieving all the things that Munchkin 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: Aristotleβs 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.
A Hopeful Song for Melancholy Moments
A song I wrote about comfort in Godβs presence when feeling alone.