I’ll be doing a 3 day songwriting workshop in Nashville February 25-27 in association with Performing Songwriter. Registration is now open, and the class is limited to 20 students. We’ll dig deep into the art and craft of songwriting. The workshop will include:

 

• building the backstory for your character
• Finding the melody
• How to arrange a song
• Surprise guest speakers & musical events
• Song critiques & sharpening skills with me and my guest teacher
• A one-on-one session with me

In addition to the intensive days of songwriting, you’ll enjoy a surprise once-in-a-lifetime private concert, a closing night group dinner, surprise guest songwriting friends who will join us and inspire you, song circles in the evenings where everyone can share songs, and an opening night dinner on Saturday evening Feb. 24 at a Nashville home with me.

For more detailed information and registration, visit the Performing Songwriter website.

A great song, like all art, holds a mirror up and reflects who we are. Songwriting, at its heart, is storytelling, and telling your story in a compelling way comes down to authenticity. It’s about what you say, and what you don’t say. It’s about the truth, not necessarily the facts. In this workshop, we’ll explore the process of songwriting—the art and the craft, and the delicate balance between the two. We’ll learn how to keep a sense of creative play and when (and how) to welcome the inner critic into the room. We’ll find ways to work through “writer’s block.” We’ll learn that only through the specific do you achieve the universal—the holy grail in songwriting and all writing. We’ll learn to write from the inside out, beginning with the spark of an idea and following it all the way to its full realization.