SWF2010 – day two report
[Mark writes...]
Another great day at the songwriting 'office'
Hi to all you SWF2010 blog watchers. So we come to the end of the (very busy but fun packed) second day. It’s great to see so many people so easily mixing from so many and varied social spheres, continents, musical genres and ages and life experiences/perspectives. It is truly astonishing to believe that the majority of the attendees were complete strangers less than 48 hours ago.
The morning lectures were truly inspirational, from how to construct correct and reliable chord sheets (very useful for the house band rehearsals), to analysing and reflecting upon what inspires us to write a song. Whether that be the introduction of jeopardy or metaphor or (the songwriter’s true friend) the use of imagery into the narrative arc of the lyric.
Tonight is the second ‘open mic’ session; the standard of the songs on the initial Monday nights session was truly impressive. So who knows how much further the quality bar will be raised in tonight’s session.
During the course of the week we will be posting clips of sessions, so you too can be equally impressed by the standard of this year’s attendees.
Mark
