Today we went over with our voice lesson so we started a new song and then I gave Ella some homework!
Her homework is to write at least 4 lines by herself - it can be built on top of the song we started today (another version of the same melody and cadence with different words), it can be a verse leading up to what we wrote today (with the same chords but different rhythms - and simpler lyrics), or it can be something entirely new with a completely different melody, cadence, and chord progression.
Because we have so many awesome songs now - I want Ella to find songs she wants to write songs like (stylistically.. rhythmically.. or even specific genre or artist inspiration). This will help us round out her set - or list of songs she will perform live as a chunk. From there, we can always write the awesome things going on in her brain for our lyrics - but it will help us focus the types of songs she wants to sing for her original music the most.