Songwriting 2

[t_ross33]

Yesterday was my first class in Songwriting Level 2, a continuing education course offered at the University of Saskatchewan (link (http://www.uscad.usask.ca/songwriting)). This semester it is being facilitated by Jay Semko (http://www.jaysemko.com) of The Northern Pikes (http://www.thepikes.com) fame... very cool! Lots of talent in this small class (only 6 of us) so I hope some of it will rub off on me :D

I'm learning a lot about the craft of writing and am trying to build up a catalogue. I'll try to get something posted here one day, but I'm having issues on the recording side (my laptop is, for all intent and purposes, dead).

I don't want to restrict myself to any particular genre, but am leaning towards a more acoustic, rootsy vibe lately so we'll see what happens.

I presented one song that I wrote about 20 years ago and I'm going to dust it off and see if I can make it better. Feedback was very positive, so I'm encouraged by that.

Coming soon to a coffeehouse near you... :AOK:

[thearabianmage]

Post it up! Looking forward to hearing it!

What other classes do you take at uni?

[sunvalleylaw]

That sounds great! I am actually quite jealous. I look forward to hearing some of your stuff. Coffeehouse? Ok then, here is some inspiration for you ;) :

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EDIT: Sorry for goofing on your thread. I just always loved this bit. And I would really love to do a class like that sometime. Keep us posted! :)

[t_ross33]

Post it up! Looking forward to hearing it!

What other classes do you take at uni?

This is the only one - too old/broke to go back to school :D This isn't a credit course, but I think it counts if you are putting it towards an Arts certificate - not sure how that works... I'm just registered under "General Interest".