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The purpose behind Song vir Nonna

Develop Young Minds

Empowering orphans and children with special needs to express themselves with words intended to be sung.

Change the future of a child

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The Blog

Our Songwriting Journey

Explore the Song vir Nonna blog for the latest news, stories, and experiences from our community. Whether it’s highlighting our young songwriters or sharing songwriting and production tips, we’re excited to bring you along on this empowering journey!

Why Song vir Nonna?

“As a result of childhood trauma, I wasted a lot of precious time on bad habits and unnecessary addictions. Luckily hidden within my body of music I found an alleviating method through songwriting which turned out to be miraculously helpful. Thus, it became my duty to...

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How to use Songwriting for Trauma Alleviation

A thought or emotion crystalised in song form emerging from a pair of speakers back to your ears does something very interesting. A process develops where one can understand internalised content otherwise confined to a deep space within. Writing a song doesn’t have to...

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"The more it seems like a journal entry the better. The more it seems like an open letter the better."

Taylor Swift

"Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to."

Brittany Howard

"Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought."

Yip Harburg

"A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime."

Bryan Adams

"All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper."

Beth Nielsen Chapman

“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don’t lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”

Sabaa Tahir

“Anger, resentment, and jealousy don’t change the heart of others; they only change yours.”

Shannon L. Alder

“Tears are words that need to be written.”

Paulo Coelho

“The unexpressed emotions will never heal.”

Sigmund Freud

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Maya Angelou

"The more it seems like a journal entry the better. The more it seems like an open letter the better."

Taylor Swift

"Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to."

Brittany Howard

"Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought."

Yip Harburg

"A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime."

Bryan Adams

"All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper."

Beth Nielsen Chapman

“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don’t lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”

Sabaa Tahir

“Anger, resentment, and jealousy don’t change the heart of others; they only change yours.”

Shannon L. Alder

“Tears are words that need to be written.”

Paulo Coelho

“The unexpressed emotions will never heal.”

Sigmund Freud

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Maya Angelou

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