Desirée Dawson, who makes music to get us “feeling and healing,” is a 2022 JUNO nominee who won the CBC Searchlight contest in 2016; has participated in the Allan Slaight JUNO Masterclass; was a juror in the inaugural Black Canadian Music Awards presented by The SOCAN Foundation; and most recently, had her song “Meet You At The Light” win best music video at 2022 SXSW festival. Here, Dawson discusses some ways that she’s honed her songwriting process – as you can, too.
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