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 ...

From June 4-8, I attended the Association for Popular Music Education (APME) conference in Memphis, TN – hosted by the University of Memphis. For those who don’t know, I’ve been a long-time member of APME – I was on their board from 2014-2020, and in the last four years of my term, served as both Vi...

Ok. I'll admit it. I'm a chronic workaholic. For the longest time - and honestly it still happens - I equated my worth with how busy I am. 

Anyone else? 

It's something I have to consciously work at and something I have needed to form new habits to even start finding time to rest. But I've also ha...