New songs were had as usual.

The optional assignment was to write and present a song that had no repeating parts.

Assignment was to individually write and present a new song based on receiving an anonymously submitted visual image. The resulting songs were excellent and / or literal interpretations of said images.

The optional assignment was to write and present a new song that has a time signature change.

The optional assignment was to write and present a new song that had anything to do with physics. Funnily, at least 3 songs were entitled, “Physics”.

“Include an augmented chord in your new song” was the individual optional assignment for the Feb 2026 Toronto Songwriters Association meeting. PS sorry about fuzzy quality of photo this time.

The optional assignment was to write and present songs that were from the perspective of anything non–human.

A Capella! A winning optional exercise for the month of October with the Toronto Songwriters Association. Most of us were outside of our comfort zone (lacking a musical instrument to lean on), but using only voice to compose led to positive results.