35. Polar Expresso and the Cycle of Fifths

On this episode we take a little adventure to the other side of the globe. 

I take a "walk" around a far far away town and create a songwriting exercise using the Cycle of Fifths:

F, C, G, D, A, E, B

Fat Charlie Gets Drunk After Eating Blueberries

And then we think of five things about a town and write a song using repetion and relaxing!

Write using a land formation - a mountain, a river, a natural landscape as the theme. 

I wrote this song using the Cycle of Fifths 

as

the first part of the song uses the chords

F, C, G as major chords, 

and then it goes on to 

Dminor, Aminor, Eminor. As minor chords

The Words! are:

Part 1:

On Badger Road, at the Polar Expresso,

The sun is setting low, the sun is setting low. 

Part 2:

That rivers got a long way to go, if it's searching for the sea, 

that rivers got a long way to go, if it's searching for me. 

And we try to add a Drone Harmony note on the second part. 

Hope you enjoy and Lotsa love to all the folks that live at North Pole, Alaska!

Thanks for listening. 

xx

Shelly

Coming Up:

Gig in Byron Bay 2025 NYE!

17th January 2026 Gourd Beats and Vocal Joy Workshop Immersion - https://events.humanitix.com/gourd-beats-and-vocal-joy-workshop-immersion

3rd February 2026 Brunch Choir Lennox head Starts for 2026

April 2026 Song weaver Retreat Byron Bay https://www.songweaver.com.au/

Hey, I just thought I'd put one of my songs on here. And then if you love it, you might go find it on Bandcamp or on the streaming things. You could help me out by putting it on your favourite playlists. xx

Thanks :)

Shelly

www.shelly.com.au

https://shellybrown.bandcamp.com/