Hi! I'm Suzanne Yada, aka @ Little Spiral @, and I'm a songwriter who loves to speak to tech, marketing, and business audiences about innovation and the creative process.

The challenges your team faces is coming up with new exciting ideas. They feel stuck in the same old rut; repeating the same work routines and not feeling very creative. The pressure is on them to be “innovative” and “disruptive” but they’re disillusioned and out of ideas. They might feel pressure to come up with something out of nothing, but they’re faced with the blank-page syndrome. 

My solution is to think outside of your industry for coming up with ideas. There’s a process songwriters use — taking existing templates like verses, choruses and bridges, and adding twists to give it new life and meaning. You’d be surprised how creative you can be when faced with the limitations of a template. Let me show you how a songwriter comes up with new ideas and how you can use the same 3-step method to recharge your team's creativity.

Here are some of the places I've had the privilege to speak: 

Patreon  

TechRaking @ Google  

Zendesk  

Pandora  

CreativeMornings FieldTrips  

Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative Accelerator 

Pick any one of these offerings to make your event more memorable, engaging and exciting:

• Keyed Note keynote speech: I bring a mix of original songs, stories and step-by-step deconstruction of the creative process. Prepare to learn something, laugh at something and feel something.
  • Online or in-person events
  • Length: From 30-60 minutes
  • Needs: For in-person events: slides setup, keyboard/piano setup, mic and sound check
  • Preferred: If venue/hotel has a piano available, great, but I can bring my own keyboard if needed

• Interactive workshop / team-building / offsite: Let's write a song together! I offer an interactive workshop in addition to - or separate from - the keynote speech. The workshop applies the same creative method I speak about to a live songwriting experience. It's a whole lot of fun, even if you've never written a song before. It works great for team-building and offsite events as well.

  • Online or in-person events
  • Length: Comes in 90-minute, 2-hour or 3-hour options
  • Needs: For in-person events: whiteboard, piano/keyboard setup, fewer than 30 people
  • Preferred: Movable chairs for circling
• Live concert: Nothing but music! I bring my solo piano show to your event, which includes stories, poems and songs from the @ Little Spiral @ galaxy.
  • Online or in-person events
  • Length: 45-90 minutes
  • Needs: For in-person events: a small-to-medium size venue that is a quieter listening room, mic and sound check
  • Preferred: If venue/hotel has a piano available, great, but I can bring my own keyboard if needed
• Panel of experts: Place me on your panel about creativity and innovation when you need perspective from a musician and business woman. 
  • Online or in-person events

• Swag bag goodies: I can bring my music in CD or USB form for your swag bags, or to leave as a gift underneath chairs. I also have lyric/poetry books, t-shirts, journals, stickers and more. Bulk discounts available!

  • In-person events only

  • Contact for costs and custom orders

is your event online? no problem!  

I'm no stranger to online events - even before the pandemic, I have been using Zoom for years, and I also have been livestreaming since the day Facebook Live was released. I have experience broadcasting remotely with Zoom, OBS, Streamlabs, Twitch, Facebook Live, and any other RTMP service you may have. I have my own audio equipment, strong internet connection and direct, clean audio.   

My pro-level audio equipment includes a Shure SM7 dynamic mic, a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 audio interface and Ableton Live 11 recording software at home. For pre-recorded events, online summits and podcasts, I can record clean audio and video on my system and send you the files via Dropbox if needed.    

If you'd like me to perform and sing live on your online event, my digital piano is hooked up and ready to go, and I can get high-quality recordings for you in a snap.