Get ready for our next FREE songwriting challenge. We’ll ask you to write a song to a specific topic, and then we’ll gather to listen to the new songs.

The topic for this Song Call is “Together”. With everything going on around us, we are constantly reminded that being in this together is so much better than being in this alone. Not only that, as hard as it can be to write a “positive” message song, those songs are infinitely more marketable than songs about troubles, so this can be an exercise in adding a song to your catalog that might more easily find a home in the market (if that’s of interest to you).

So, use this to spark your imagination and write something NEW and fresh.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to “answer the call”. You will have until March 7th to write and record a demo of a new song around the given topic, and send it to songcall@songstudio.ca (MP3 audio file, and PDF of your lyrics).

To repeat, this is about WRITING A NEW SONG, not about sending us something written already. Challenge yourself and get writing!

Stuck? Call a songwriter friend and write it together.

Got two new songs for the call? Send ’em both.

Got an older song about the given topic? Leave it at home. Write something fresh!

On Using AI to Write This Song

While we are all watching with interest as AI tools evolve, this call is NOT for songs generated by an AI tool. We want to encourage you to use your songwriting skills to write, and while you can use AI and other software as a songwriting tool, say to spark an interesting idea or look for rhyming words, we are not looking for songs with LYRICS or MELODY generated by an AI. This isn’t about asking someone else to do your homework. We want YOU.

Lunch & Listen

On Saturday, March 7th, we will host a FREE Zoom listening party from 10:00am-12:00pm, Eastern Time. Bring your lunch and enjoy the songs written to “answer the call”. The Zoom link will be emailed to the SongStudio mailing list, so be sure you’re on our mailing list if you’d like to attend.

While we usually have time for a few comments, this is NOT meant to be a critique session. The point of Song Call is push you to write songs and inspire you to stay on the recommended theme. Have fun and write on!