The Magic of Songwriting with Francesca de Valence
by I Heart Songwriting Club, Francesca de Valence
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Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Chris Sebastian
Apr 29, 2026
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Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Zipporah Corser-Anu
Apr 15, 2026
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Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Brad Butcher
Apr 1, 2026
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Mumble and Peg: Songwriting Beyond Singing with Summer in the Attic
Dec 17, 2025
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An Album A Year for Four Years - Creating Sonic Worlds with First Born Sun
Dec 3, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/29/26 |  Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Chris Sebastian | Recorded live at the 2025 Whitsundays Songwriter Festival in Airlie Beach, Chris Sebastian joins Francesca to reflect on artistry, cultural influence, and the balance between vocal power and emotional restraint in songwriting. | — | ||||||
| 4/15/26 |  Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Zipporah Corser-Anu | At the 2025 Whitsundays Songwriter Festival, songwriter and artist Zipporah Corser-Anu joins Francesca for a conversation about writing from instinct, blending dance and voice, and how culture and lived experience shape the songs we create. | — | ||||||
| 4/1/26 |  Live from the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival: Brad Butcher | Francesca sits down with two-time Golden Guitar winner Brad Butcher to talk about songwriting, collaboration, and learning music by listening deeply growing up in regional Queensland. | — | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  Mumble and Peg: Songwriting Beyond Singing with Summer in the Attic | In this episode, Adam Kidd and Josh Gunnels, aka Summer in the Attic unpack their songwriting process, the role of voice, demos and production, and dive into the making of their track ‘Mumble and Peg’ — with insights every songwriter can take something from. | — | ||||||
| 12/3/25 |  An Album A Year for Four Years - Creating Sonic Worlds with First Born Sun | First Born Sun opens up about his preference for producing over performing and the discomfort of hearing his singing voice in recordings. | — | ||||||
| 11/19/25 |  Love is an Amplifier: Abbie Cardwell on Turning Heartbreak into Self-Love | For anyone navigating creativity, heartbreak, or healing — this conversation is a reminder that the world needs you to do just what you love. | — | ||||||
| 11/5/25 |  Lone Wolf: Songs Born of Place and the Significance of Time | WA artist Tanya Ransom speaks about songs born from remote places, slow seasons, and long creative journeys, and unpacks the making of her third album, The Significance of Time, and the powerful story behind her haunting track “Lone Wolf.” | — | ||||||
| 10/22/25 |  Slow Walking Back to Songwriting with Katie Harder | Katie Harder on writing her new album after a long break away from songwriting | — | ||||||
| 10/8/25 |  From Writer’s Block to The Greatest of All Time with Findlay Napier | What happens when a seasoned songwriter rediscovers the joy of writing through play, not pressure? In this episode, we chat with Findlay Napier about overcoming writer’s block, co-writing breakthroughs, and how a song about goats became The Greatest of All Time. | — | ||||||
| 9/24/25 |  Win the Day - Turning Tiny Victories into Timeless Songs with Donna Lynn Caskey | Donna Lynn Caskey blends banjo-driven folk with a no-frills songwriting process to capture what’s real. | — | ||||||
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| 9/10/25 |  Life Insurance, Goldilocks & Indie Rock: The Imaginative World of Songwriter Joel Riley | Joel Riley never planned on making an album, until writing one song a week turned into over 100. In this episode, he shares how consistency, play, feedback and embracing limitations shaped his debut record The Fruits of Labour. | — | ||||||
| 8/27/25 |  Cephalopods, Songwriting, and the Beauty in the Mess: A Conversation with Elana Stone | Elana Stone talks about the joyful chaos of a creative life. From writing songs between baby naps to performing with Missy Higgins, she shares how staying true to herself has shaped her artistry over time. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/25 |  Under the Streetlights: Andrew McCrorie-Shand on Writing from Image, Emotion and Imagination | From composing hit TV themes to crafting gentle, reflective solo songs, Andy McCrorie-Shand shares how his creative process is grounded in imagination and storytelling. A process that shines through in his evocative song Streetlights. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/25 |  From the Top End to the Studio: Crystal Robins on the Journey of Songwriting and Resilience | Take a deep dive with Crystal Robins as she traces the journey of her song “Where This Heart’s Been”, from a weekly songwriting prompt to a powerful, fully produced track. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/25 |  If You Give Her Lemons: Jaime Jackett’s Art of Reinvention | Jaime Jackett reveals how she turned found sounds and a songwriting prompt into her genre-bending track Lemonade. | — | ||||||
| 7/2/25 |  Golden Lover, Silver Song: Pat Tierney on Writing with Heart | From songwriting as self-expression to turning a weekly challenge into a lead single, in this episode we chat to Pat Tierney about exploring the beauty of showing up and staying true to your voice. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/25 |  How a New Mum and Dad Made an Album While the Baby Slept - Mardi Lumsden on Making Slow Emotion | In this episode we chat to Brisbane synth-pop artist Mardi Lumsden about the creative journey behind her sophomore album from ‘Slow Emotion’ | — | ||||||
| 6/18/25 |  The Magic of Songwriting Season 8 | How a weekly songwriting commitment can grow into full-length albums | — | ||||||
| 3/12/25 |  Collaboration Beyond Songwriting: A Journey with Francesca de Valence and Emma Bosworth | Other magical ways songwriters can collaborate beyond writing songs | — | ||||||
| 2/26/25 |  The Chaos and Order of Nature and Finding Connection across Generations | We take you behind the scenes of our Songwriting Retreat to give you a glimpse of co-writing in real-time. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/25 |  Doubling Your Toolkit with Co-Writing | We take you behind the scenes of our Songwriting Retreat to give you a glimpse of co-writing in real-time. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/25 |  Creative Chemistry: How Songwriting Connects Across Distance and Difference | We take you behind the scenes of our Songwriting Retreat to give you a glimpse of co-writing in real-time. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/25 |  Songs in the Wild: A Journey of Collaboration and Creativity | We take you behind the scenes of our Songwriting Retreat to give you a glimpse of co-writing in real-time. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/25 |  From Backing Vocals to Multi-Platinum Aussie Icon - A Conversation with Wendy Matthews | An intimate look at the process behind one of Australia’s most expressive artists. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/24 |  Beyond The Voice - A Conversation about Songwriting with Johnny Manuel | We chat with one of the biggest voices from America’s Got Talent and The Voice about songwriting and finding his artistic sound. | — | ||||||
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