Songwriting is one of the most satisfying experiences for a musician.To express your inner thoughts and experiences and re-interpret your world is what makes a person uniquely who they are. A newly composed song is a snapshot of one moment in time, neatly organizing the experience to be looked at anew and again: a window into the musician’s mind reflecting what exists there.

Shawn’s songwriting techniques use collaboration wherein the student’s passion is tapped into by the teacher and together they identify what the student is thinking or has experienced or interprets in their world. The end result is an extraordinary song distinctly their own.