Songwriting For Guitar Podcast
Jul 31, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 16 segments
Ever write a line you thought was great, only to realize it's just a list of facts with no feeling behind it? In this one I sit down with Alden Hedges, touring bass player, songwriter, and one of our…
Alden HedgesGuest
Mike MeiersHost
If the defeat comes so hard that you drop the instrument, that you drop the craft entirely, then you're letting your ego get beat down.
If you're not informed about the music that you are writing or the genre that you are writing, you probably feel like you're kind of like lost in the dark when it comes to figuring out if your song sounds
And when I think about it, it's because they are purely not making me feel anything.
And what I love is I would love for you to expand about why is this the default? Why is this the default that everybody ends up telling but never making me feel?
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If the defeat comes so hard that you drop the instrument, that you drop the craft entirely, then you're letting your ego get beat down.
If you're not informed about the music that you are writing or the genre that you are writing, you probably feel like you're kind of like lost in the dark when it comes to figuring out if your song sounds
And when I think about it, it's because they are purely not making me feel anything.
And what I love is I would love for you to expand about why is this the default? Why is this the default that everybody ends up telling but never making me feel?
