Writing fast and with intention with Mia Kelly

Mia Kelly joined us to talk about writing songs fast, but with clear intentions, and her song Blind Horse. Download the lyrics to follow along.

We talked about:

• Our songwriting challenge for 2026 to write a traditional country song
• How Mia keeps track of her ideas for song starts
• Using a interesting phrase you hear in daily life as a way into the lyric for a song
• How Mia goes from idea to song with urgency, running with it to get the song done quickly
• Incorporating a 2/4 bar into your chorus, by accident
• Using an usual guitar tuning like DAEAAE
• Writing or co-writing while you’re on the road for a tour

About Mia Kelly

Through lush folk and earthy Americana, singer-songwriter Mia Kelly, from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada establishes herself as a spellbinding voice, blurring the lines between intimate memoir and compelling, semi-fictional narratives.… Read the rest