Chelsea Dehner Guest Post: Reflection on the January Challenge cowriting craft finding joy habits idea generation letting go song a day challenge Feb 23, 2026

Chelsea Dehner: Song A Day Challenge 2026

In January 2020, Sarah started doing this “Song A Day Challenge” and I so badly wanted to be a part of it, but I had never written a song before. I thought that writing a song was for someone that was born with this talent and had been doing it their whole ...

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16 Things You Can Do for Your Songwriting Craft craft crafting lyrics harmony lyric craft melody song craft songwriting education songwriting inspiration songwriting prompts Dec 16, 2025

The other day, I had coffee with a music educator who is developing a songwriting curriculum for middle school general music students and we were discussing the importance of doing your own work as a songwriter. At SFME, we encourage everyone who wants to teach songwriting to write songs. That doesn...

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