Sarah Peterson is a Minnesota based songwriter and artist carving out her own unique space in the singer songwriter world. Her love of words has pulled her into many co-writes with other songwriters and artists from all around the world.

Her debut artist project seamlessly blends bits of Folk, Americana and acoustic pop sounds. With this project Sarah is working hard to meet her listeners in the messiness of life so they feel understood and maybe just a little less alone.

Sarah shared the process behind her song It’s Just a Tree. Download the lyrics to follow along.

We talked about:

• Jully Black changing one word when singing the Canadian National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game
• Our meetup member Blu Stu who sent us his own meetup group based in London, England (with online events too) and a Spotify playlist he created featuring members from our Song Talk Meetup
• The At Home Songwriting meetup hosted by our previous guest Chad Shank
• The differences between collaborating on songs and solo songwriting
• Tips for collaborating with others
• Nashville Songwriters Association International
• Writing through a metaphor
• Why you would choose to use softer rhymes in your song
• Ways to express an unresolved feeling in your song