Brian Laidlaw's guest appearances

Brian Laidlaw

Composer Quest: A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast

Jazz88

Paul Fraser

Pat Pattison

James Johnson

Marc Weidenbaum

Mac Quayle

Angela Johnson

Dan Wheeler

Mitchell Johnson

Grant Kirkhope

Mike Olson

Brian Campbell

Jeff Russo

Richard Russell

Fil Eisler

Jason Graves

OwlTail

Poet Brian Laidlaw has been teaching songwriting at McNally Smith College of Music, in which he challenges students with assignments like writing from the perspective of a murderer. In this episode of Composer Quest, Brian shares some of the best lyric-writing tips you’ll ever hear on the podcast. We also talk about his Internet Cat Video Festival performance, which aired on Animal Planet. As a special treat, Brian premieres a powerful new song called “One Tree Falling.”

Writing Lyrics Like a Criminal with Brian Laidlaw