The Creative Process: Ora Cogan on the dark and light of lyric writing

British Columbia based songwriter, activist, and DIY stalwart Ora Cogan joins Soundfly's Jeremy Young to chat about her song- and lyric-writing process, and how some albums come easier than others. Listen to her music here: oracogan.bandcamp.com/
- About Ora Cogan:
Ora Cogan is a recording artist based on Vancouver Island known for her singular voice and cinematic compositions. Cogan has released seven albums to date while collaborating with a multitude of artists and touring extensively.
Ora's self-released "DYED" EP was launched in October of 2022. Listen here:
oracogan.bandcamp.com/album/d...
- About "The Creative Process"
The Creative Process is an irregularly scheduled conversation series with working artists and music industry insiders, hosted by Jeremy Young, that touches on advice and strategies for the modern musician culled from our guests' experiences and successes throughout their careers. These Q&As are initially broadcast on Crowdcast with a private Soundfly subscriber-only audience, and feature questions partially generated from our community on Discord, before being published here.
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- About Soundfly
Soundfly offers creative courses for curious musicians looking to expand their skill set, spark new ideas, and discover new sounds. Whether through Soundfly's unmatched library of exploratory courses taught by some of the most exciting, independent musicians and artists working today, through the widely-acclaimed 1-on-1 custom mentorship program, or the peer-to-peer support community on Discord, there's no limit to what musicians can achieve on this fast-growing platform.
Soundfly hosts the online magazine Flypaper, one of the most reputable sources of daily music education with over 350,000 monthly visitors and articles on songwriting, production, music theory, career advice, and more. Soundfly is also home to the biweekly podcast Themes and Variation, which discusses the music theory, lyrics, history, and impact of a collection of songs picked around a new theme each episode; and their monthly Spotify playlist, Office Listening, which collects tracks from the Soundfly users plus listening suggestions from the team and community.
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