Eddi Reader – special guest 2010
We’re delighted to welcome Eddi as our 2010 special guest tutor. [Read More...] Read More →
SWF 2010 – now booking!
SWF 2009 - Final Performance Night! We’re now taking bookings for SWF10. The secure e-store is now live, so you can guarantee your place on the course. We’re taking up to 50 songwriters this year, but bookings will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Note – the SWF Studio option has only 12 places. If you want to discuss your booking give us a call on Booking info link Secure e-store Read More →
Booking opening soon
Booking for the 2010 festival (Aug 16-20 2010) will open in the next few days. We’ll post an announcement here as soon as e-booking is online. Read More →
SWF in the Sunday Times
Sunday Times journalist David joined us for the week We had a lovely write-up in the Sunday Times this week from journalist (and songwriter) David Sinclair, who attended the 2009 Festival. Here’s the link; the text is also pasted below (c) Sunday Times 2009 Sunday Times article —————– UK Songwriting Festival at Bath Spa University 40 students at songwriting boot camp with talks from Chris Difford of Squeeze... [Read More...]
Protected: SWF09 – studio tracks (SWF songwriters only)
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Chris Difford – special guest SWF2009
Chris and Boo answered questions from the audience about the craft of lyric-writing (UK Songwriting Festival 2009). On the Thursday of this year’s Festival we got Chris Difford and Boo Hewerdine together for a Q&A about the craft of songwriting, particularly relating to lyrics. [Read More...] Read More →
Protected: SWF09 schedule
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Xenomania
Some fascinating discussion of pop processes here, from Xenomania founder Brian Higgins. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100002407/xenomania-how-to-write-a-hit-song/ Read More →
SWF 09 – the tasks
Each of our writers chooses from a list of tasks each day to develop a particular aspect of their writing. Here are the 2009 SWF songwriting tasks. Task Brief Skill development Introductory task ñ ìMy Name Isî (This task should be completed before you arrive). Write ten titles. If you have time, choose the most inspiring one and develop it into a chorus. If you have (more) time, complete the song. Beating writersí... [Read More...]
SWF2009 blog
Here, we’ll be blogging the 2009 festival. Participants – feel free to forward this link to family and friends so they can follow your progress online. Read More →
