Pop singer-songwriter Lora Ryan joined us with her guitarist Andrew Scott to share two songs and talk about her songwriting process.

Singer/songwriter Lora Ryan is poised to make some noise in the independent music scene. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she recently relocated to the Hollywood of Canada: Toronto, Ontario. Lora draws on personal experience to pen her lyrics, which can only be described as original and emotionally driven, sometimes angry, often angst-ridden, but always heartfelt and honest. “My world revolves around music,” she emphasizes.

We talked about:

• writing poems with melodies = songs
• using open mics, instagram and facebook for networking
• articulating the end consonants of your words
• finding the right tempo when performing live
• moving your story forward through the verses
• why you should have a great opening line
• the relationship with your producer as a co-songwriter
• Factor grants
• Lora’s songwriting workshops at Songwriter Sundays

Download the lyrics for the songs:

Tough Love

Now or Never

Listen to the whole show

Thank you to our live tweeting listeners!

Sharon Airhart

Heather Spratt

Connect with Lora

Artist website:
http://www.loraryan.com

Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/loraryan

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/loraryanmusc

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/loraryanmusic