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Episode: Chad Elliott on songwriting
Description: Songs are a form of storytelling. They capture a time in a composer’s experience that can be shared and remembered because they are anchored to sound, not the page. I embarked on a quest to add a songwriting track to the 2024 Okoboji Writers’ Retreat (OWR). Since this isn’t my area of expertise, I asked former participants for their recommendations. The name ‘Chad Elliott’ was suggested repeatedly, and I soon understood why. He’s a versatile artist who brought to the forefront the visual side of his creativity when the threat of Clovid wreaked havoc on the...