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2010 Songwriting Workshop
By Buddy Mondlock
How do you talk about creativity? How do you
make something out of nothing? What could be
more mysterious? And yet Buddy Mondlock is
wonderfully articulate about writing songs. The
process is clearly fascinating to him and he has
paid careful attention to what goes into making
a good song. He’s able to communicate what he
has learned in 25 years of writing songs. In his
workshop, you will hear about the many elements
involved with bringing a song to life and how to
communicate feelings and ideas through music and
words. Using his own songs as examples, he will
discuss things like:
- layers of meaning
- the effective use of imagery and detail
- storytelling
- technical aspects like structure and
rhyme scheme
- the importance of editing and knowing
when not to edit
- the integration of music and words
- the up sides and down sides of
collaboration.
His fifteen years as a staff writer in Nashville
show up in his insights about publishing and the
business of songwriting as well as his tips for
songwriters who are interested in getting
started down that road. You’ll get a chance to
play a song of your own for Buddy and get some
comments from him and the group. There are also
likely to be some fun songwriting exercises that
everyone will participate in. But in the end, he
will tell you that a great song has to come from
the heart. All the cleverness and technique in
the world will never be a substitute for true
feeling.
 About
Buddy - Buddy Mondlock has given songwriting
workshops across the country from the Napa
Valley Folk Festival to the Berklee College of
Music in Boston. Most recently, he led several
workshops across the Atlantic at the
Belfast-Nashville Songwriters Festival in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. The aim of that
festival was to use songwriting to find common
ground and bring communities together there.
Buddy Mondlock's songs have been recorded by Guy
Clark, Nanci Griffith, Garth Brooks, Joan Baez,
Peter, Paul & Mary, Janis Ian, David Wilcox,
Edwin McCain, Cry, Cry, Cry... the list goes on.
He has recorded four CDs, his most recent,
“Everything Waits To Be Noticed,” is a
songwriting and recording collaboration with
Maia Sharp and Art Garfunkel.
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