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MTV has left the building. AI walked in. Legends bowed out. Records shattered. And somehow, music still found a way to surprise us. Dave and Kelly wrap up season one with a look back at the hellos, goodbyes, and our “Top 10” list of 2025 — plus one last Off The Record A&M pick to play us out.

If you want to attend Dave & Kelly’s songwriting lab & feedback panel on Friday, February 27th, 2026 at Worship Northwest in Kaizer/Salem, OR, visit https://worshipnorthwest.com/pre-conference-intensives

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Recorded live from the Christian Musician Summit ( https://christianmusiciansummit.com/ ) in Tacoma, Washington. From the history of the Gospel Music Association to Bill Gaither and Cece Winans, Dave & Kelly unpack the 56th Annual Dove Awards.

Watch the entirety of the 56th Dove Awards here: https://youtu.be/CPrCn9eF6JQ?si=yvirCgto3drX_TS7

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Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl is officially in the world, and it broke all kinds of Billboard records no one knew existed. In this 13th episode, Dave and Kelly break down every song on the album with their thoughts on the lyrics, delivery and production all inside of an hour and 13 minutes.

Join Dave and Kelly at CMS in Tacoma/Puyallup, Washington on Friday, November 7th at 11:30am for a songwriter's panel Songwriting Feedback Panel for Real-Time Song and Lyric Review - https://cms2025.sched.com/event/28ivD

Register for the Christian Musician Summit in Tacoma November 6-8, 2025 here: https://christianmusiciansummit.com/

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More songwriting, except this time it's all about Taylor Swift. We expand on her songwriting, her career, and her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, coming out October 3, 2025. We also announce our winners for the summer songwriting challenge!

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Kathy Jo talks candidly about her journey through music, life and health. Her production studio, HopeFire, is in Everett (Seattle), Washington where Dave and Kelly produced the single We Cry Holy with Nathaniel Chapman and featuring Kate White on Violin.

Kathy Jo Kahn’s Solo Album: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kathyjokahn/me

Kathy Jo’s Nativity Story Album: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/tearsofpraiseworshipband/nativity-story-by-candlelight-2

HopeFire Project and Studio: https://hopefireproject.org/

Nathaniel Chapman’s We Cry Holy https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/nathanielchapman1/we-cry-holy

Contribute to Kathy Jo’s Official Meal Train Here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/96z666

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We are deep into our summer songwriting challenge and thought it would be timely to dive into songwriting. Who did it well? What influenced them? We talk about Lennon/McCartney, Max Martin & Taylor Swift, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, among others. Songwriter spotlight on new & upcoming singer/songwriter Ty Blacke - tyblacke.com

Info on our songwriting challenge competition that ends on September 15th - https://bentbeat.blogspot.com/2025/06/bentbeat-productions-announces-2025.html

Send entries to songwriting@bentbeat.com

Ty Blacke’s song, Commit To You, available here: https://song.link/committoyou

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Happy 4th of July! Dave & Kelly survived the lines for Post Malone's "Big A** Stadium Tour" with Jelly Roll. Stadium pro audio nerding out from Dave. Remember we have a summertime songwriting contest! More contest info here: https://tinyurl.com/2025songwriting

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Dave & Kelly discuss all things "PROM" from hosting a senior citizen prom, chatting about their high school dances, and each sharing their "top three" under-rated prom songs. AND announcing a summertime songwriting contest! More contest info here: https://tinyurl.com/2025songwriting