February 29, 2016

KPCC Features WriteGirl Songwriting Workshop

February 29, 2016/ Katie Geyer

KPCC featured our 15th annual WriteGirl Songwriting Workshop on air and at scpr.org.

Lisa Loeb and other songwriters bring teen girls' songs to life

By Priska Neely

Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb debuted a new song on Saturday afternoon to a crowd of more than 100 teen girls at the Huntington Library in Pasadena.

Can I say I'm broken? Can I say I'm scared? Can I say I'm just a shell of a girl? Cuz If you knew me, if you knew me, you'd already know.

She'd written the melody just minutes before and the lyrics were written earlier that day by 17-year-old Lauren Cook.

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