Songwriting With Soldiers

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Songwriting With Soldiers

August 20, 2014

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August 20, 2014

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Music is what feelings sound like.

– Georgia Cates –

Songwriting With Soldiers

A chance meeting with a soldier after performing in a hospital in Germany inspired songwriter Darden Smith to work with members of the military to turn their stories into music. Smith now runs Songwriting With:Soldiers, a non-profit organization which pairs veterans and troops with professional songwriters in a peaceful environment. The service members share their stories and the songwriters mold them into lyrics and set them to melody. “We all have a story,” Smith says. “When we listen, and listen well enough to take the solders’ words and turn them into art, and sing it back to them, something happens. What it is, I don’t know. I’m a songwriter, not a therapist. But something happens, and it’s powerful.” { read more }