What if it all goes right?
Practicing hope in the hardest times.
With raw honesty, insight and humor, Keys weaves her memoir throughout the pages of this book challenging her readers to live wider, deeper and more optimistic lives even in the darkest times. She thoughtfully shows us how to walk through the hardest things with wisdom and grace finding traces of light and practicing hope.
Scarlet Keys is a Professor of songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Some of her students include Charlie Puth, Betty Who, Charlie Worsham, Liz Longley, Ingrid Andress, Lizzy McAlpine, Corook and Laufey.
Scarlet is an award winning songwriter. Her songs have been recorded by artists spanning genres from Americana, jazz, country, pop, and folk, both in the United Stated and in Sweden garnering a gold record, a number 1 song in Britain, and songs placed in film, television, and national commercials. Her song "Caged Bird" was released on the Consenses CD with James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Jimmy Buffett.
Scarlet has worked and written with Chris Stapleton, Charlie Puth, Melissa Ferrick, Blue Miller of India Arie, Denny Hemingson of Tim McGraw, Negin Djafari, Monty Powell, and others, sharing the stage with many notable artists over years.
Author of "The Craft of Songwriting: Music, Meaning and Emotion," and “What is it All Goes Right: Practicing Hope in the Hardest Times”. Scarlet also hosts the podcast What's in a Song, and is a TEDx speaker.
What’s In A Song? A Podcast with Scarlet Keys
Keys takes a deep dive into the craft, technique and art of songwriting in conversations with eminent songwriters, producers, and other creatives asking questions only a songwriting professor would ask so that listeners can walk away inspired and armed with clear and actionable tools and techniques they can apply to their songwriting.
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