Writing and producing a song slowly with Kaleb Hikele

Canadian singer-songwriter Kaleb Hikele joined us for the third time to talk about writing and producing the first single from his upcoming album in 2026. Download the lyrics for Slowly to follow along. We talked about: Using a simple drone-like chord progression in the verse, and adding more movement of chord changes in the refrain Using metaphors to tell a love song How Kaleb decided to not use a capo for this song Getting inspired by a Beatles riff when producing Embracing the gear in the recording studio to inspire different directions for the arrangement and production Is it a good idea to demo your songs at home before getting into a pro studio?… Read the rest