Showing posts with label Americana songwriting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Americana songwriting. Show all posts

Friday, 5 September 2025

This ain’t no cowboy song: writing through grief with music

I wrote the lyrics to a country song as a way of working through grief, using AI tools for the music. It isn’t a cowboy song — but it is my story.
This is a bit left-field for this blog. Usually, I’m writing about books and fiction. But creativity doesn’t always stay neatly in its lane. Sometimes it spills out in unexpected ways.

A few months ago, I wrote a song. Not just a throwaway lyric or a fragment of melody, but a fully formed country ballad. It’s called “This Ain’t No Cowboy Song”.