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Soft Skills in Songwriting with Seth Mosley

August 27, 2025·42 min·2 clips

Seth says the artist’s feedback is the most important voice in the room.

Morning starts with an icebreaker. Seth asks songwriters for one word about collaboration, then uses answers like curious, awesome, energy, and life to get the room talking. From there, the lesson stays grounded. Here, songwriting means more than lyrics or talent. It takes emotional intelligence, humility, and knowing when to speak. Room behavior matters. A songwriter has to read who needs guardrails and when feedback will help the song instead of flattening it. Seth treats feedback as a sounding board, which matters most for newer or less assertive artists who may need help naming what they want. Deference still belongs in the room. When an artist knows who they are and what they want to say, the other writers should lean toward that voice. Artists do not get to disappear. If you are the artist, Seth makes it plain that the people in the room are hoping to help shape something for your record. Beginners may not bring every idea, but they still need words for what fits and what does not. Seth uses writing with Brad from High Valley as an example of aiming at a specific artist while knowing every song may not land there. A strong song can still be pitched elsewhere if it misses the artist's lane. The posture matters before anything else: the artist has to guide the room enough for collaborators to know what they are serving. The episode feels like workshop audio from Song Chasers, with live answers, practical prompts, and direct coaching on co-writing behavior. The business piece is there too. Cuts depend on talent, but also on whether people can work well in a room. The close points listeners toward Song Chasers training, song reviews, custom tracks, and more Made It In Music content from Full Circle Music.

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