Sit Down with Amy Speace

Pull up a chair for an honest and open conversation with Amy Speace!

Amy is committed to helping people uncover their truth – those who cross her path in songwriting programs with veterans and their families, her students, and audience members who connect with Amy’s lyrics. She speaks boldly and with great experience about the healing power of writing one’s life story. We learn about some of the amazing and deserving people with whom she has worked.

Amy shares memories of crafting songs – line by line – during retreats with soldiers and how that practice has supported her own songwriting. She talks about how writing her album, Tucson, saved her life and her own therapeutic journey. Amy discusses her support to Planned Parenthood, how they once worked together and how we might see more to come in the future.

Amy lets us in on why two professors wouldn’t sign her application to graduate school. Finally, we talk about the world she dreams of for her young son.  

Amy supports Songwriting With Soldiers (songwritingwithsoldiers.org) and Planned Parenthood (plannedparenthood.org). Please visit both incredible organizations and make a small donation if you feel led to do so.

Visit Amy’s website (amyspeace.com) for more information, tour dates and her Patreon account (where you can find behind-the-scenes nuggets all the way back to 2016).

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Amy Speace who’s out there changing the world and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.