Episode 5: Write Me A Dream

29 min • 13 mars 2025

Welcome to the fifth 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 5: Write Me A Dream

This week Olivia challenges Edward to consider his subconscious as a source of inspiration.

Listen to the episode to see how he gets on.

🎹 Your Songwriting Homework!

1. This week, write down or even voice memo what happens in your dreams. This is best done as soon as you wake up — before you check social media or emails! It will be difficult the first couple of days if you’re not used to recalling dreams. But the more you do it, the more information you’ll remember.

2. When a week has passed, go over your dream diary and take note of interesting images. Use these images to start coming up with lyrics.

3. Keep your songwriting free of external influence by making the process just you and a voice recording app or a microphone. Sometimes we fall into the same choices when we write with an instrument.

4. When you feel like you have your initial idea, you can take it to the piano/guitar/DAW and finish your song.

5. Record a demo and send it in!

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📚 Episode References

📕 The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

💻 How To Start (And Keep) A Dream Journal

💿 Stream/buy Olivia’s new album

🎟️ Tickets for Edward’s String Quartet Show on 3rd April

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