Bec Taylor's songwriting started with big ambitions when as a 12 year old she and a friend decided to put MacBeth to music! She's written and performed a huge number of songs over the years across just about every genre you can imagine. One of her friends refers to her as the Swiss army knife of songwriting! Bec and I met on the eve of the release of the first single - Photograph - from her forthcoming album - Limbs and All - with Bec Taylor and the Lyrebirds. We discussed how she wrote a rough draft of the song with the other members of the band in mind and then bought them all together to finish it off. The producer of the Lyrebirds album also became part of the songwriting process advising on this song and how all the songs on the new album might fit together. We played a snippet of the new single and then Bec played a beautiful solo acoustic version of the song live in the studio.
For Bec songwriting is a puzzle to be solved and she often processes and organises the elements of a song while driving or walking her dog (who is definitely a great soundboard!). She's also learnt a lot about songwriting teaching students in the music school she founded and ran. Bec has a lot of great advice for new songwriters. It was a real pleasure to chat with Bec and get an insight into her passion and unbridled enthusiasm for songwriting!
To hear more of Bec's music:
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