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Workshops

Songwriter in Residence - Stephen Fearing

Date
Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 11am
Featuring
Stephen Fearing
Location
Manitoba Music Industry Resource Centre
Address
376 Donald St.

About

A one-of-a-kind songwriting workshop opportunity with the celebrated singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing.

The Songwriter in Residence program runs March 5-7 and offers participants a private one-on-one session plus three exciting evening songwriting classes.

Individual One-on-One Sessions - times are available Wednesday to Friday, 1PM to 5:30PM. Contact Sean to schedule your session.

Evening Sessions March 5-7, 7PM. These group workshops will cover topics on technique and inspiration, from lyrics, to melody and harmony, to writing from outside your own experiece.

Wednesday, March 5, 7PM The Test of Time: An Exploration of Song - This workshop will feature Stephen describing what he loves about songs that really work. He will present a thorough examination of music and lyrics that come together to create a song to stands the test of time.

Thursday, March 6, 7PM
Writing Outside Your Experience - This workshop will focus on using brainstorming techniques and co-writing to discover themes and inspiration from outside of your own personal experience. "Writing songs with another person allows you to be a little more objective, a little less critical and a lot more productive and surprisingly, I've found that it really informs the material I write on my own."

Friday, March 7, 7PM
The Art of the Craft - Stephen will explore songwriting techniques including setting lyrics to melody, expanding the harmonic palette, and making arrangement decisions. This workshop will present tricks of the trade and help you hone and develop your songwriting skills.

Full Registration: $40 members, $60 non-members - includes a private one-on-one songwriting session plus three evening songwriting workshops.

Workshop Registration: $25 members, $40 non-members - includes any or all of the three evening songwriting workshops.


About Stephen Fearing:

It has been 20 years since songsmith Stephen Fearing released his self-titled debut. Over the following two decades, he has built up a very loyal and committed international audience.

Yellowjacket is Fearing's eighth and newest solo album and as always it features a potent combination of powerful and affecting lyrics, pure vocals and masterful musicianship. The new record also reflects changes in Fearing's perspective on songwriting, and his ongoing experimentation with co-writing. “Writing songs with another person allows you to be a little more objective, a little less critical and a lot more productive and surprisingly, I've found that it really informs the material I write on my own”. “Collaborating opens up a whole other vista, it's like taking a walk outside of my own stuffy little brain.”

The consistent quality of work produced over Stephen Fearing's two decades plus career has earned him a West Coast Music Award for Best Folk Music Recording and five Juno Award nominations as a solo artist and a faithful international fan base.

Like most contemporary songwriter/performers, Stephen is not bound by any particular musical genre or category and the release of Yellowjacket continues this exploration of various musical forms, as does his continued participation in the highly successful Canadian roots rock super trio, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings. Over the past decade, B&RK have released three highly praised and award-winning albums including a Juno Award for their most recent release “BARK”. “It’s wonderful to be able to work as a solo artist and to be active in such a powerful ensemble as The Rodeo Kings. These guys are my friends and there is no doubt in my mind that my continuing work with them influences my solo playing very deeply”.


REGISTRATION
* Individual Sessions are now full

Evening Workshops, Any or All
$25 members, $40 non-members

Contact: Sean McManus
Email: sean@manitobamusic.com
Phone: 975-5191

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