Episode 4: Write Me An Odd Meter

38 min • 6 mars 2025

Welcome to the fourth episode of Write Me A Song: A Songwriting Podcast with Edward Randell and Olivia Rafferty! Thanks for joining us on this journey so far. Take a listen to this week’s songwriting challenge and don’t forget we’d love you to get involved too! Scroll down to read this week’s homework and the submission link.

🎵 Episode 4: Write Me An Odd Meter

This week we have our first ever guest! We’re so excited to have other songwriters on this show, and today we’re talking to singer, songwriter and composer, Fini Bearman. We talk about odd time signatures, spicing up your chord choices, and using details in your lyrics.

Listen to the episode to see what challenge she assigns us!

🎹 Your Songwriting Homework!

1. Choose a song of yours which has been sitting around for a while, which feels a bit dead.

2. We recommend doing this challenge in 5/4, where there are 5 beats to a bar. Play something on the piano or the guitar, record it into logic and loop it.

3. Try singing the melody of your old song over the top of this loop… and take it from there!

4. Extra challenge: put in a place name, object or noun that places you (like ‘Catford Bridge’)

5. Record a demo and send it in!

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📚 Episode References

💻 Fini’s website

📱 Fini on Instagram

🎟️ Tickets for Fini’s Album Release Show on 14th March in London

🎵 Seven Days by Sting

🎵 Closure by Taylor Swift

🎟️ Tickets for Olivia’s Album Release Show on 6th March (today!!)