Mary Gauthier On Writing Songs with Soldiers

  What would happen if you put 15 soldiers and 4 professional songwriters in a retreat center for 2 1/2 days, and asked them to write songs together, with the sole purpose of getting the veterans to open up and talk about their time in the service? So the...

Heading Home

“Chasing meaning is better for your health than avoiding discomfort.” – Kelly McGonigal   “I never leave my house…” No matter how many times we hear these words from veterans arriving at our SongwritingWith:Soldiers retreats, it is always a jolt. We...