As It Happens: Song A Day

Jonathan Mann
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As It Happens: Song A Day

It's songwriting in real time! Listen in as host Jonathan Mann (Guinness World Record Holder for Most Consecutive Days Writing A Song - 4000 days and counting), writes his daily song. You'll hear everything from the nuts and bolts of lyrics and chords to the more emotional work of failure, frustration and general messy chaotic wildness that comes with a daily creative practice.

  1. My Baby Yoda Song Went Viral On TikTok

    03/24/2020

    My Baby Yoda Song Went Viral On TikTok

    This episode is all about how I made the song and what happened once it went viral.

    17 min
  2. The Lyrics Came To Me In A Dream

    03/17/2020

    The Lyrics Came To Me In A Dream

    I woke up this morning with some lyrics and a melody in my head.

    16 min
  3. A Good Ol' Fashioned Song Fight!

    03/10/2020

    A Good Ol' Fashioned Song Fight!

    SongFight.org is a weekly song competition that’s been going since the early aughts. Each week you’re given a title. You make a song with that title, email it to the "fight master", who then posts all the songs to be voted on. The song with the most votes wins. There’s no prize but the warm satisfaction of a job well done. From roughly 2003 to 2005, I participated in SongFight every single week. I rarely won, but as a precursor to song a day, I found it was a great way to keep myself accountable, to keep writing songs. Since starting Song A Day, I occasionally go back and participate in a fight...

    20 min
  4. I Undertook A Difficult Song Request

    03/03/2020

    I Undertook A Difficult Song Request

    Every once in a while, I'll put the call out on Twitter and ask people what they think I should write about. The suggestions are often about current events. Or animals. Today, I decided to go with a suggestion that's a bit more difficult to interpret.

    18 min
  5. Let's Avoid Existenial Dread By Listening To This Podcast

    02/25/2020

    Let's Avoid Existenial Dread By Listening To This Podcast

    Today's song is about all the ways we distract ourselves to avoid being alone with our thoughts and our mortality. It started when the title popped into my head.

    18 min
  6. Trying To Knock Myself Out of A Rut

    02/18/2020

    Trying To Knock Myself Out of A Rut

    Every once in a while, I try starting a song using an instrument I don't normally use.

    19 min
  7. Climate News Is Depressing, Let's Make A Song

    02/11/2020

    Climate News Is Depressing, Let's Make A Song

    In August of 2019, Iceland marked the loss of a glacier. 100 or so people, including the Prime Minsiter, walked up the mountain to hold a ceremony and install a plaque that reads , “Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done Only you know if we did it.” I saw this bit of news go by and knew immediately that I wanted to write a song about it.

    21 min
  8. Starting A Song When You Have No Ideas

    02/04/2020

    Starting A Song When You Have No Ideas

    There are many days when I sit down to write a song and I have no idea what I'm going to write about. This is one of those days.

    16 min
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It's songwriting in real time! Listen in as host Jonathan Mann (Guinness World Record Holder for Most Consecutive Days Writing A Song - 4000 days and counting), writes his daily song. You'll hear everything from the nuts and bolts of lyrics and chords to the more emotional work of failure, frustration and general messy chaotic wildness that comes with a daily creative practice.

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  • Creator
    Jonathan Mann
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jonathan Mann
  • Show Website
    As It Happens: Song A Day

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