Hi, I'm Carley! Elementary music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, benevolent overlord of Bad Song Club, and inveterate seeker of joy. I grew up on the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Tom Lehrer, John Prine, CSN (and sometimes Y), Randy Newman, Ani Difranco, Fiona Apple, and lots of Tin Pan Alley jazz.

My songwriting mottos include, "What would Paul McCartney do?"; "Who cares, write it anyway"; "Anything's a bluegrass song"; "Why drink rusty tap water?"; and probably more that escape me now.

You can read my undergraduate thesis paper on how to overcome songwriting obstacles here (features a whole section on FAWM): https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/1343/

And you can join Bad Song Club here! https://badsongclub.com

She/her