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Workshop Info
The beauty of a well-written song comes from a unique point of view expressed in a personal
way. In this workshop, we'll help you express your own truth in song by giving you tools to
enhance your creativity and hone your craft. Focus is on lyric writing. Topics will include:
- Creative exercises to get you writing
- Courting the muse: inspiration, song ideas
- Editing with heart
- Getting un-stuck: finishing partial songs
- The Muse, the Creator, the Editor and the Critic- who are they, and how can we get them to all work together?
Lots of writing, voluntary sharing, and respectful listening. Participants will come away with
fresh inspiration, song ideas, and tools for starting and finishing songs.
About Chris Kokesh
Chris Kokesh is a staple of the Northwest music scene as a writer, performer, and session player, and has taught three years at the Sisters Folk Festival Americana Songwriting Academy.
Jeff Douglas of Oregon Public Broadcasting says, "Whether she's with Misty River or on her own, Chris Kokesh is writing songs that stand up with the best." www.chriskokesh.com
About Matt Meighan
Matt Meighan teaches the popular "Songwriting as Truth-Telling" class and hosts the Songwriter Roundup show at Artichoke Music in Portland. He studied poetry at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colorado, where he earned an MFA in writing and poetics. He has been called "one of the most honest voices in folk music." www.mattmeighan.com
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