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What NOT To Do In A Co-Write with Seth Mosley & Riley Taylor

February 26, 2025·55 min·3 clips

Seth says day one is for creation, not editing, and compares it to a separate "song doctoring day."

1. Made It In Music: Interviews With Artists, Songwriters, And Music Industry Pros focuses on Seth Mosley and Riley Taylor's training about what not to do in a co-write. 2. Seth Mosley is the main guest-teacher, Riley Taylor is the host and Song Chasers community manager at Full Circle Music, and both lead a live Song Chasers audience. 3. The episode asks what habits keep writers from being invited back into the room after a first session. 4. Seth says his list comes from "14 things" learned across more than "2,000 co-writes" and multiple publishing deals. 5. He says human chemistry can make a session go badly even when a publisher is excited about the setup. 6. He starts with the warning to not come with nothing prepared. 7. Seth gives examples of Trani Anderson bringing piano-built ideas, Josh Keer building title lists, and his own folder of instrumental tracks. 8. He says even artists who are touring or traveling should bring a feeling, title, or song direction. 9. He shifts to Zoom co-writes and says production latency makes screen-shared tracks hard to write to in real time. 10. Seth says on Zoom, top line work matters most, while tools like Audio Movers can help with more elaborate setups. 11. He warns against distraction by phones, text messages, and email notifications during a session. 12. Seth says the best co-writers act like they are "the only person in the world" and stay fully present. 13. He also warns against showing up late or leaving early because it changes how other writers read your commitment. 14. Seth quotes Liz Rose's advice that Zoom writes often need to find the song within about "two ish hours" or the day is probably done. 15. He says not to dig your heels into one idea when the room is not responding to it. 16. He says not to talk, sing, or play the whole time, and he calls endless noodling one of the most annoying habits in a room. 17. Seth also says not to dominate the session when an artist is in the room, because the artist should lead the direction of the project. 18. The tone is practical, conversational, and shaped by live chat questions from writers asking about Zoom, demos, and ownership. 19. Writers who want concrete co-writing etiquette and session discipline will get the most out of this. 20. Writers looking for a highly produced story or a topic outside songwriting process may skip it.

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Practical co-write advice that stays close to the room and the work.

Seth Mosley and Riley Taylor treat a co-write as something that can go off the rails for ordinary, familiar reasons, and they spend the episode naming those mistakes with the kind of detail that only comes from having been in the room.

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Keep a co-write from stalling before the session goes sideways.

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