How to Write an Indie Folk Song

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[@GenXersJustWalkItOff]

I literally wrote a folk song, “Finding Aphrodite.” I feel triggered.

[@ashleyceverhart]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA i made this for you

[@nightcrawler8864]

Phoebe Bridgers and Adrianne Lenker been REAL quiet since this dropped

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😂😂😂

[@JamesTheKoopaTroopa]

I really wanna hear the rest of that last one.

[@ashleyceverhart]

hahahahaha

[@junielizmitchell4613]

Same

[@michaellatanada1173]

Love all of it! Is "Lysistrita, lysistrina" a full song? I love it!

[@ashleyceverhart]

gotta get me a soundcloud 😂

[@cfcolly]

@@ashleyceverhart that one was my favourite. definitely a song in there

[@eloise8644]

this is visionary. i cannot believe this doesn’t have more views

[@ashleyceverhart]

a crime, honestly

[@andricmr]

0:35 ballad of my life

[@ashleyceverhart]

HONESTLY

[@broxtonr6576]

THIS IS A SLEEPER VIDEO NEEDS MORE VIEWS

[@ashleyceverhart]

THANKS PAL I AGREE

[@lukebrindleymusic]

this is amazing - i'd love to hear the "real" songs that inspired these.

[@ashleyceverhart]

i'd start with iron and wine lol

[@nolanwolfe]

Iron & Wine, preferably his album Beast Epic

[@MunthApollo]

I came here looking for song writing advice and though this is not what I was looking for-- well, I'll just say that I'm not at all disappointed.

[@ashleyceverhart]

it's not what you wanted, but it's what you needed

[@esther7563]

this is literally how I write songs😂

[@ashleyceverhart]

truly a surefire formula

[@atheistechoes9594]

I love folk music it just sounds so ancient

[@ashleyceverhart]

😂😂

[@IsmaelAngelus]

I completely lost at "This is so stupid" 😂

[@ashleyceverhart]

😂😂

[@sushislurp]

'we we're poor as fuck' mooood

[@ashleyceverhart]

big mood

[@yearnpill]

I genuinely want to hear the Xanthippe one tho :O

[@ashleyceverhart]

hahahaha 💙

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

This is ludicrously accurate.

[@ashleyceverhart]

💙

[@bibekpawn6175]

1, 2 (rained has a nice touch) , 4, i love these

[@levzzt2691]

I loved all the pretty names it was so unique

[@CAM-bn6bn]

LOL its crazy how well this works and how ON POINT It is.

[@verflakes1890]

wth, why didn't I find this earlier! this right here is a masterpiece damnn ❤️

[@SensiBooha]

aye im ngl this fire ash good inspiration too for someone trying out the genre

[@EmilyAesthetic16]

I - I can’t breathe, this is so perfect 😂

[@nolanbelknap788]

I find this absolutely hilarious

[@ashleyceverhart]

i am thrilled that you like it!

[@cameronv320]

LMAO. absolutely SPOT ON

[@ashleyceverhart]

💙💙💙

[@adhamahfudz1029]

this is sooo brilliant

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks so much!

[@funguy29]

Brilliant I wish I could give it 10 thumbs up

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks pal!

[@loganmurphy4637]

I went looking for genuine advice and I’m rolling 😂

[@faeoreo]

THIS IS SO GOOD

[@ashleyceverhart]

THANK

[@ShaneMichealCupp]

this is my favorite video on KZbin

[@tinyumbrellas]

this is so great i love it

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks, friend!

[@acea6734]

the lumineers songs be like Angela Eloise Cleopatra Ophelia Darlene lmao

[@ashleyceverhart]

the lumineers are truly quaking at this callout

[@saintfuki]

this actually helped

[@rts67]

This is beautiful! Damn!

[@scrqwnymf]

so this showed up on my explore page, best thing the yt algorithm has shown me i subscribed lol

[@ashleyceverhart]

hahaha

[@InnerProp]

My Greek wife is named Maria. She has ALL the songs!

[@najuamaciel5071]

HHAHHA that just made my day thank you :)

[@ashleyceverhart]

Glad you liked it!

[@buddyrye9190]

These names are just too much. Also your annunciation is spot on hilarious...

[@billieburdette9642]

There were lanterns on my daddy's porch too! ❤

[@jaydenhoward8670]

Love this video

[@ashleyceverhart]

love you

[@garrettcarroll5808]

So basically, just take any of these names, and tell them about your day or life. Thnx for the quick tips.

[@theflowershopwiththomasflowers]

This is absolutely hilarious haha

[@ashleyceverhart]

Thanks, pal!

[@josy7438]

Love it

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks, pal!

[@matildacool3949]

cool, now drop the album

[@ashleyceverhart]

😳😳😳

[@alkisliv]

So spot on. And within those improvs there's an actual song that could have been written if you took yourself too seriously. 🤣

[@josepablorodriguezfiscal6890]

OMG, she finally figured it out

[@ashleyceverhart]

i felt selfish withholding the secret from you peons

[@matthewa2095]

that aristodeme part was fire

[@1bh2nd3md]

0:18 lol

[@jpography3787]

Easily the most amazing "stupid" thing I've seen... you destroyed the lumineers entire career in 60 seconds 😂❤

[@marasdistributionofinfoand2828]

Actually helpful

[@scottdarksetscoleman7042]

Oh your good🤣

[@chalamwila7837]

Amazing 😂

[@pecosnick45]

Seems accurate

[@ashleyceverhart]

😂

[@tdc_2021]

Bear’s Den took this personally.

[@nhuvuong7554]

i think i have just fallen in love :)

[@Rozuuddo]

You are too funny😂

[@charsrocket2445]

woooow what vocal techniques do you use?

[@baldeagle2313]

What’s the song in the beginning though ? Sounds dope

[@12ozz]

came here looking for chord progressions but this was way better

[@rameirasocial9531]

I actually enjoyed those verses i feel kind of attacked yet also i liked this (???)

[@ashleyceverhart]

💙💙💙

[@00vie80]

Made me sub

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🥺👉👈

[@nonzero2264]

Hello from Korea, thanks for video Ashley! I have been making songs. But I'm stuck in some problems. First, Making with guitar. If I made acoustic guitar song, and then I Can't add other instruments(base, drum, keyboard etc) It sounds not match(does not fit and akward😢) How to improve song making skills? At first time, I satisfy just making acoustic song. But now I d like to turn to band sound(maybe these two have not common course...?😮)

[@nezis5149]

Honestly big help-

[@ghostface4400]

what’s song in intro of video ??

[@italozanoti7180]

LOL, very underrated video

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks, friend!

[@scottdarksetscoleman7042]

I'm following, I'm subscribed, I'm a fan🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@efsakckhsyn5861]

I lost it at 0:41💀

[@ashleyceverhart]

😂

[@kylestevensanders]

youtube algorithm came thru today

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🥰🥰

[@NurseDaveBSMSON]

File under funny because it’s true

[@ashleyceverhart]

☝️☝️☝️

[@krushykuwallski5028]

Hy what's the name of the intro song 👁👁

[@ashleyceverhart]

i touch myself by divinyls

[@user-qq2hc9us9n]

and use A LOT OF 7th chord.

[@ashleyceverhart]

I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT 😂😂

[@rach2475]

Amazing Hahahah

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💙

[@thetylersherman]

These names can't all be real...

[@ashleyceverhart]

believe it, baby

[@bibekpawn6175]

jesus fuck your voice is nice the timbre

[@jar1041]

You hate the name junior, your father loved his computer

[@ofboriken]

genius. LOL

[@ashleyceverhart]

thanks, pal

[@ofboriken]

@@ashleyceverhart no no. Thank you! Made me laugh. Seen the vid like 10 times at this point. Hahahahahah

[@turbo72577]

Finally! The secret revealed!

[@ashleyceverhart]

i felt i owed it to the public!

[@turbo72577]

@@ashleyceverhart A grateful public thanks you.

[@victorvernicosv]

Ahahahahahahahaah I love it

[@ashleyceverhart]

so glad

[@MeghanBean]

Bahaha

[@faeoreo]

aristodeme is gooooooood

[@ashleyceverhart]

👉👈🥺

[@thirdeyeprofit7659]

This was really funny but I thought there was maybe some real advice in here lol

[@ashleyceverhart]

baby it's ALLLLLL advice

[@ninjacm15]

Bruh💀

[@riffraffrichard]

Haha you capture the worst type of pretensious indie song, open the dictionary and prove the scholsrly worth type. All genres have a version of this

[@ashleyceverhart]

Glad you like it!