reacting to my songwriting (part 6) my journey with songwriting // Nena Shelby

today i’m going to be doing another video reacting to songs i wrote in college and trying to play them on my guitar! we are getting pretty recent now haha
in this video, i’ll kind of share with you my journey with songwriting. i go through all my old songwriting notebooks from college and see which ones i remember how to play lol. i’ve written a LOT of songs, and there were definitely a ton of really bad ones haha, but i just wanted to show y’all where i started. i hope this is entertaining for you & if you want to see more let me know!!
my songs:
the lost things - march/april 2019, age 21
fun. - july 2019, age 21
untitled song about home - august 2019, age 21
pretender - september 2019, age 21
tango in the rain - october 2019, age 21
would you love me then? - november 2019, age 21
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[@saory179]

OMG i'm so excited! I love your song "fun", and your song "would you love me then?" It is really beautiful, I fell in love with that one since I heard it 🤧😞

[@parrillaplettvalentina2380]

Girl, i just love every single song you just sang!!!! so, when is the album coming out?🤔🥰

[@sandpiper_]

When Nena feels like releasing it, maybe. That's When (From The Vault).

[@serenavanderwoodsen4840]

I just heard the first song and I want to say NENA GIVE US AN ALBUM PLEASE I’m obsessed with The Lost Things The lyrics and the melody are just 🥺🥺

[@kenisha_way11]

I started writing my own songs after being inspired by you.. 😭😭😭 I love your original songs so much.. 💚

[@ronnygranados]

same here!! she’s so soo good

[@gabrielalucchesi3075]

i love these sooo much!!! YOU’RE SO TALENTED ❤️❤️❤️

[@nishkaamishra]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS LOVE THESE SOOOOOO MUCH💓💓💓

[@NatMansi]

I literally SCREAMED when I saw the thumbnail, these are my favorite videos of yours♥️OH MY OH MYYYYYYYAYAYAY

[@amandaborba6693]

These are my favorites!! Keep doing it 🥰

[@daniella5405]

Hey Nena love your videos. I really enjoy your songwriting videos. I am very grateful 😇 that I have stumbled upon your channel. I really enjoy your songwriting videos. My guitar playing has gone better day by day thanks to you.Thanks a lot Nena. You are very amazing.❤️❤️

[@norjannah0921]

This is my favourite part for your video so far..hehe I love the songs.. it's so brilliant..and fun, interesting.. I'm looking forward for the next part..😌💖💖👏😍

[@alohamonie]

11:52 Omggg "pretender" is so gooddd!!! You're an amazing songwriter^^

[@hannah-vh1pc]

I love these videos. I binge them like every other day there just so interesting

[@sakinaalia1067]

I love when you do this. I was wondering if you’d ever do a guitar basics video again. Your first one was still too advanced for me because you mentioned palm muting and I don’t even know how to do upstrums correctly to hold my pick do it doesn’t get caught.

[@sandpiper_]

that untitled one gave me the best day vibes and i'm LOVING it

[@regismusic3691]

I love this kind of videos! 💗

[@diyamopur4737]

I LOVE the pretender one. I am also a t swift inspired song writer. I def see a lot of similarities in the music that u write and the stuff that I write. Keep writing! U should rlly think about recording these and getting them out there

[@carolinaagustini]

OMG you're so talented, Nena.

[@javieraa1977]

Wow, those are some great songs! I hope one day I will listen to you on Spotify. Greetings from Chile!!🇨🇱

[@jacobmccalabb]

Omg I’m so excited!!

[@swasthi679]

Nenaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are soooo amazingggggggg so radiating and so inspirational. You are my role model:))))))))))

[@emmaekg8733]

love ❤️ this song .I have learned a lot to make my song list together and the tittle songs.

[@sarahsadeghi4295]

I always want more😍❤

[@Emberwildforever]

i love them all!

[@regismusic3691]

Nena! I wish I could write like you! Like most of my songs end in the trash can, but I’m practicing🤗

[@justaghostgirl5781]

Pretender MUST be on spotify omg its such beautiful song

[@haydenc7362]

We Want more we love them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marmoya6578]

Can u do a tutorial for Joshua’s songs?

[@gabrielarule7723]

Wow I loveee your red guitar! It's gorgeous! Where'd you get it?

[@kevastevens7037]

You should do more Kelsea tutorials. Loved this video. ❤

[@lolaphilippe2993]

Hi Nena! I was wondering whether you could do (or have done) a tutorial for 'paper rings' from Lover. it is my favourite song from Lover and I would love to be able to play it on guitar.

[@beejay3734]

Fun NEEDS to be on spotify...

[@gretchenpratt4080]

love fun. !!!!!!

[@saltyasblood2971]

Yes your journey with songwriting, yes please 🙏 😅😂

[@akaeternity7565]

The song you want to finish you should make a video on you finishing it!

[@16Sarahxox]

“Because it hurts to love somebody else” - I am crying

[@eowynkolarek669]

Please make a tutorial for Conan gray's song Comfort Crowd!! I love your tutorials so much!

[@Ema_-xw2ph]

I would like to see more (songwriting) tutorials

[@istiadiputomo7859]

its sooo goooooood , The Next Taylor Swift

[@sebazzz.salazar]

would you love me then deserves a grammy omgg

[@addisongreen201]

Yayyy

[@sandpiper_]

you worked at a yacht club? did anybody come in dressed to the nines, pretending to be a duchess and a prince dancing like they were made of starlight?

[@gretchenpratt4080]

the first song should be on folklore or evermore!

[@phoebetooley8146]

Do you want to do could you like to put out all of your old songwriting out to the world because I never heard your songs on Apple Music. I like to hear them on Apple Music

[@lesleygonzalez3544]

What guitar do you use?

[@Nilangi7000]

Nena pls put strumming pattern too

[@khyravhrith5931]

I always dont know what chords progression should i do. Do u have any ideas?

[@bilwa_pujitha_7_b589]

"I don't even have a capo or pick". Story of my life

[@carolinaagustini]

I'm the fourth like

[@nishkaamishra]

Literally pretender is me rn😭😭😭

[@NenaShelby]

its brutal out here 😂🥲

[@nishkaamishra]

You said it😩😩

[@tessavasquez1872]

if you ever record fun you HAVE to keep that laugh you did after the chorus

[@JoseVasquez-vm3sl]

Lol

[@shivanisrivastava3168]

Heyy... You really are lovely... I wish we could talk💛

[@aly.b25]

DON'T BE SHY, RELEASE YOUR SONGGSS!!😭

[@orpheuschant]

i really love this videos! youre an amazing songwritter

[@aly.b25]

DON'T BE SHY, RELEASE YOUR SONGGSS!!😭

[@NenaShelby]

hahaha