Creative music & Songwriting
Express yourself through music, songs and stories
Music is a language. We use it to express ourselves, tell stories, share feelings and experiences with others and connect. Yet, it can feel lonely at times, and it may seem difficult to speak rather than repeat what's been learned.
For a songwriter, that might mean finding the right way to turn a feeling, an experience or a story into something another person can share and remember.
For a musician, it might mean moving beyond memorised songs, scales and patterns and learning to improvise, respond, create and actually speak with an instrument.
I work one-to-one and in groups with songwriters and musicians at different levels, from first explorations to experienced and professional writers, helping them understand where they are, what may be holding them back, and what could open the next door.
In Tahiti and online.
Songwriting
A song gives form so a motion can be expressed and shared.
It may begin with a story, an emotion, a question, a line of words or a piece of music — but eventually all those elements need to belong together strongly enough for somebody else to feel what is at its centre.
I can help you develop an unfinished song, get an outside perspective on existing work, solve a specific problem or deepen your songwriting over time.
The aim isn't to make your songs conform to a formula or sound more like someone else's.
It is to help you understand your choices more clearly, strengthen what matters and develop your own voice as a writer.
Song feedback · Song development · Songwriting mentoring
Creative musicianship, guitar & intuitive music
From knowing what to play to knowing how to play with it
Many musicians spend years learning songs, chords, scales and techniques and still feel lost when there is no page, tab or recording telling them what to do next.
I particularly enjoy working in that space.
Using guitar, improvisation, ear, harmony, rhythm and intuitive playing, we explore how the things you already know can become material for your own musical expression.
For beginners, that can mean learning the instrument through music-making and curiosity from the start.
For more experienced players, it may mean breaking habits, expanding musical vocabulary, improvising more freely or reconnecting with why playing music felt exciting in the first place.
Lessons are shaped around the person rather than a fixed curriculum: your musical interests, your goals, your pace and the way you learn.
This flexible approach can also suit neurodivergent musicians and others who have found conventional music teaching unnecessarily rigid.
Guitar · Improvisation · Harmony · Intuitive playing · Creative musical development
Ways to work together
A focused session
Bring a song, a musical problem, a creative block or a question. We work on what is actually in front of us and find a practical way forward.
Creative mentoring
A longer conversation across several sessions, for writers or musicians who want to develop their craft, creativity and musical independence over time.
Circles & workshops
Group experiences built around songwriting, improvisation and shared creativity — from craft-oriented sessions to projects exploring expression and connection through music.
A flexible approach to learning
My approach can work particularly well for neurodivergent musicians, including people who have struggled with rigid or conventional music lessons.
For workshops developed specifically around wellbeing, mental health or therapeutic contexts, see Music & Wellbeing.
Start where you are
You don't need to know which technique you need.
You may not even know exactly what is blocking you.
Bring the unfinished song, the guitar you keep getting stuck with, the idea you don't know how to turn into music — or simply the feeling that there is more music in you than you currently know how to access.
We'll start there.
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