The Tyler Songwriters Festival’s Songwriter’s Workshop is a day-long dive into what makes a song great and how to write one.
The workshop is designed for both beginning and seasoned songwriters, as well as for the song enthusiast, with a desire to examine and explore the building blocks of songwriting, including song structure, lyrical content, melodic composition and rhythm and tempo. Using song examples furnished by the participants, the workshop will be interactive with lecture and demonstration segments, with an immersive creative writing exercise for the participants to enjoy and share with the others in attendance.
Topics include:
Art & Architecture
Writing Effective Lyrics
Making Memorable Melodies
Rhythms & Grooves
Maintaining Inspiration & Seeking Community
Agenda:
9am-4pm: Songwriters Workshop
8pm: Songwriters in the Round
Lineup of Speakers:
- Randy Morrison
- Connie Mims Pinkerton
- Gary Patrick
- Clint Alford
- Lauren Alexander
- Dave Sherman
- Caleb Joseph
- Matt Magill