The 15-minute Songwriter

Rome wasn’t built in a day - but the core of a good song can be written in only a few minutes. Join this hands-on workshop to pick up some tips and cheap hacks on how to capture and encourage musical and lyrical inspiration for song-writing when time is limited - or you are writing in a language that isn’t your mother tongue. Discover how it’s actually easier to be creative when the sky isn’t the limit! There’ll be time to “do your own thing” as part of the workshop as well.
The presenter has been writing songs for over 30 years as a soloist and as part of an outreach band based in Istanbul - although these days he’s based in Canada. Here are some rough examples of tunes he has written and recorded as part of previous creative studio events and here are some snippets from some of properly recorded songs.
The 15-minute Songwriter

Session time(s)

(1 hour 45 minutes)

Special Requirements

  1. If you’re an instrumentalist, you will probably want access to your instrument(s)
  2. Paper, pencil - and rubber!
  3. A bible will probably come in handy as well.