top of page


One Christmas Wish: A Holiday Song About Peace and Hope
One Christmas Wish is Goodwin Made’s first holiday song, written by Ken Goodwin and sung by Jaime Arin, a Christmas wish for peace, home, and kindness for everyone.

Ken Goodwin
2 hours ago5 min read


18 Best Songs for Wedding Anniversaries Tonight
Looking for the best songs for wedding anniversaries? Find heartfelt picks for dinner, dancing, memory, and the years that made love real feel close again

Ken Goodwin
18 hours ago5 min read


How to Process Grief Musically, One Song at a Time
Learn how to process grief musically through listening, singing, writing, and sharing songs that honor loss while making room for life after loss, gently.

Ken Goodwin
3 days ago6 min read


How to Choose Heartfelt Songs That Stay With You
Learn how to choose heartfelt songs for love, loss, healing, and memory, with simple ways to find music that speaks honestly to your life when it counts.

Ken Goodwin
5 days ago5 min read


Using Music for Reflection When Life Gets Loud
Using music for reflection helps turn a quiet drive, a hard goodbye, or a restless evening into honest comfort and clearer perspective when you need it.

Ken Goodwin
7 days ago5 min read
Calendar Pages: A Song About Loss and Moving Forward
There is a particular feeling that comes with turning a calendar page after a loss. The month changes. The world keeps its schedule. Appointments fill in, holidays approach, and life asks you to keep up. Yet part of you is still standing in a moment that is already behind you. “Calendar Pages” by Goodwin Made lives inside that feeling. It was written during a season of reflection, a time when memories felt louder than words, and it has become a song for anyone who has felt ti

Ken Goodwin
7 days ago4 min read


Won't Love for Less: A Song About Self-Worth and Love
Sometimes a song begins with a melody. Sometimes it begins with a lyric. And sometimes it begins with a single moment that opens a door to a much larger question. “Won’t Love for Less” began with a little girl looking in the mirror. Ken Goodwin of Goodwin Made wrote the song after a moment with his granddaughter, Kalina, made him think beyond the little girl standing in front of him. He found himself imagining the young woman she would one day become, and the relationships, c

Ken Goodwin
7 days ago4 min read


15 Best Songs About Fatherhood That Stay With You
These best songs about fatherhood hold joy, regret, distance, and gratitude in the same honest moment - music for the people who raised us and loved us.

Ken Goodwin
Nov 55 min read


A Guide to Grieving Through Music, One Song at a Time
A guide to grieving through music offers gentle ways to make room for memories, tears, anger, and love while carrying loss one song at a time with care.

Ken Goodwin
Nov 36 min read


Why Do Sad Songs Comfort Us in Hard Times?
Why do sad songs comfort us? They give grief a voice, turn loneliness into recognition, and make room for memory, release, and gentle healing over time.

Ken Goodwin
Nov 15 min read


How to Discover Independent Music That Stays
Learn how to discover independent music with soul, story, and staying power, then find songs for the moments that matter most in your life right now.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 306 min read


Can Music Improve Mood? What a Song Can Hold
Can music improve mood? The right song can meet you in grief, lift a tired spirit, and make room for reflection, memory, and hope when needed.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 285 min read


How to Find Meaningful Music That Stays With You
Learn how to find meaningful music that gives shape to memory, love, loss, and resilience, with simple listening habits that honor what you feel most.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 266 min read


12 Best Songs for Fresh Starts Worth Hearing
Looking for the best songs for fresh starts? These plainspoken, hopeful tracks meet change with courage, reflection, and a reason to keep moving forward.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 245 min read


How to Write Healing Lyrics That Tell the Truth
Learn how to write healing lyrics with honest details, emotional restraint, and a chorus that gives pain, memory, and hope a place to rest when needed.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 226 min read


How to Release Original Music With Meaning
Learn how to release original music with care, from choosing the right song and shaping the recording to sharing its story and building a lasting catalog.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 206 min read


Why Songs Heal Us After Words Fall Short
Why songs heal: the honest work of melody, memory, and shared feeling when grief, love, and change leave feelings too deep for ordinary words at all.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 185 min read


15 Best Songs for Reconciliation and Healing
Find the best songs for reconciliation, from honest apologies to hopeful second chances, and choose the right words when conversation feels hard again.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 165 min read


12 Country Pop Songs About Growth That Stay With You
Country pop songs about growth can turn change into something you can sing through. Here are 12 honest tracks for healing, courage, and moving forward.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 146 min read


Original Songs About Mortality That Stay With You
Original songs about mortality give grief, gratitude, love, and borrowed time a melody, helping us hold close what matters most through difficult days.

Ken Goodwin
Oct 126 min read
bottom of page
