Eddi Reader – special guest 2010
We’re delighted to welcome Eddi as our 2010 special guest tutor. [Read More...] Read More →
Master’s degree in Songwriting
Hi all, SWF 2009 - Final Performance Night! We’re very excited to announce that the University’s Master’s degree in Songwriting has a new home, in the form of a purpose-built songwriters’ studio at our Corsham Court campus. The next enrolment is for September 2010 and we’re taking applications (subject to interview and songwriting portfolio) from now. To find out more about the course visit http://www.MASongwriting.com. You... [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 →
Fi’s blog – day 1
Barry plays his trademark upside-down guitar chords for one of our songwriters. We have a songwriting room which has a great view over the lake. Boo Hewerdine is our tutor today and he has just flown in from Glasgow and is straight into it! Weíre going round the group and playing from back catalogue. Claire has just played a beautiful song that she wrote on the way back from Ireland after the applause dies down she is talking about wanting to... [Read More...]
Protected: SWF09 schedule
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Gary Ewer’s blog
Here’s a lovely songwriting blog dealing with some of the more muso/technical aspects of song craft. Gary’s a music teacher at Dalhousie University and also runs the Secrets of Songwriting site. http://garyewer.wordpress.com/ Read More →
Songwriter chat – Bragg/Taylor
We found this interesting interview online recently – just the kind of conversation that goes on at SWF. Read More →
Return of the forum!
Thanks to all of our long-serving supporters who have mourned the demise of the old forum. Well, rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated. We’ve resurrected the whole database, user list and all, so you should be able to log in, post lyrics, critique others’ work, advertise projects you’re involved in, find collaborators etc. Enjoy! Register Link to forum Read More →
Artist or Songwriter?
I was wondering how many of you regard yourselves as performing artists who write and how many are ‘pure’ songwriters who perform occasionally if at all? I think many of us here are a mix — it’s interesting to me because I sometimes find myself trying to write generic lyrics that can have universal appeal and singability but I worry that they are a bit bland. Then I might write a more personal song that only I would perform... [Read More...]
Special guest 2009 – Chris Difford
We’re delighted to welcome back to the Festival songwriting legend Chris Difford. [Read More...] Read More →
