Learning About Yourself Through Songwriting with Sam Buckingham

Discover how songwriting can help you learn about yourself and allow you to reach your creative potential. In this enlightening Club Conversation, Sam Buckingham shares how she persistently and consistently showed up to realise her creative potential, culminating in her latest album “Dear John”. A conversation jam-packed with wisdom, insight and learning opportunities.

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9:45 - Development of self expression through songwriting

20:53 - How to make songwriting choices that empower us 

32:07 - Sam talks about her new album “Dear John”

44:32 - Sam talks about writing the album and the magic of songwriting 

54:16 - Sam shares about writing her single, “Something More” 

1:01:25 - Sam performs “Something More” 

About Sam: 

Intricate storytelling, profound poetry and a distinctive pop sensibility drive Sam Buckingham’s songwriting. With two crowdfunded and independently released albums, and her recently launched podcast “Song Baker”, Buckingham is forging her own path in an industry overcrowded with talent. Sam has supported Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers and Angus & Julia Stone.  Contact Sam: Website / Facebook / Instagram

Song credit: “Something More” - Music and Lyrics by Sam Buckingham. Performed live by Sam Buckingham at IHSC Headquarters.

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Theme song: “Put One Foot In Front Of The Other One” music and lyrics by Francesca de Valence 

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