Blues and Soul Songwriting with Secondhand Dreamcar

Dana and Harry from Secondhand Dreamcar joined us to talk about writing their blues / soul song The Meaning. Download the lyrics to follow along.

We talked about:

• Our songwriting challenge for 2026 to write a traditional country song
• How the band collaborates on songwriting and instrumental arrangements
• Dana tends to bring piano-based songs to the band, but not acoustic guitar
• The act of ditching songs or ideas that are not working
• When and how do you know when a song or idea is good?