Eastern PA-NSAI and www.Slot-1.com Present
CRAIG BICKHARDTWorkshop/Seminar with Pro-Songwriter
WRITING SONGS THAT SELL
Maximizing Potential for Broad-based
Appeal
Limited Seating - early registration recommended
REGISTER NOW TO SECURE YOUR SPOT
Thursday, February 24, 2011
7-10 PM
Slot 1 Recording Studio
Ambler, PA 19002
215-643-1313
Craig Bickhardt
ADMISSION: $35
INDUSTRY
MEMBERS:$30
NSAI - PSP - NERFA - NARAS - Songwriters Craft (with ID)
Craig Bickhardt is a successful songwriter, accomplished performer, and inspiring teacher, with decades of experience and a volume of insight into the makings of great salable songs. His passion for teaching the art of song has been called "contagious", "riveting" and "enlightening" by students of all ages. His weekly "Song Feedback" classes on SongU.com have been a highlight of that distance learning website's curriculum for over five years.
About the Workshop/Seminar
“WRITING SONGS THAT SELL”
Whether you write songs to market to your own audience as a performing songwriter, or songs to pitch to other artists, “selling” the song means maximizing its potential for broad-based appeal. Gleaned from over three decades of songwriting and live performing, Craig’s tips guarantee practical and useful information for every songwriter attempting to improve his or her craft
Here is what you’ll learn in this information packed seminar:
· Specific tools for improving your lyrics, melodies and chord structures
· How to give your songs more impact.
· How to create Sleeker Song Forms,
· Tips for Maximizing Hook Potential,
· Rhyming for Impact,
· Writing from the Heart
· Sweetening with Metaphor and Other Lyric Devices,
· Unifying with Theme and Variation, and
· Tips for “Showing vs. Telling”
The workshop will conclude with a question
/ answer segment, and 3-5 song evaluations (as time allows; names will drawn,
must bring writer demo CD and printed lyrics)
Limited Seating - early registration recommended
More About Craig Bickhardt
- He has had 14 Billboard charting singles, including four #1 hits
- Over 150 artists have recorded his songs, including Johnny Cash, Ray
Charles, B. B. King, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea,
David Wilcox, The Judds, Art Garfunkel, and many others. - His songs appear in three films including Academy Award winner TENDER MERCIES, SWITCHBACK and AT CLOSE RANGE, as well as the TV shows Hidden Palms, Wildfire, and Huff.
- As an artist and performer he has recorded for Warner Brothers and Capitol Records, appeared on Austin City Limits and Mountain Stage, and shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, Hank Williams Jr., Judy Collins, Stephen Stills, and Kathy Mattea. He also took first place in the 2006 International Acoustic Music Awards
- He has been a judge in the Mountain Stage Newsong Contest, and The
Great Lakes Song Contest, and has presented seminars for the NSAI, The Song
Guild, The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Mountain Stage Newsong Academy, and
SongU.com
What others say:
“His Songwriters Workshops...touch the artistic heart of the aspiring singer/songwriter. We had outstanding feedback from attendees... Many shared how inspiring and motivating it was to not only advance their craft of songwriting, but go deeper as artists.” -Michael Shield, Pittsburgh Songwriters Network Coordinator
“Craig Bickhardt stands among the giants of Performing Songwriters…he helped curate and moderate some of our best panels.” -Jesse Lundy, Point Entertainment promoter of the Philadelphia Folk Festival
“Craig is every bit as gifted a teacher/mentor as he is songwriter. Craig's insight into what makes a quality, commercial song is unparalleled.”-Rebecca Olivier, NSAI Regional Coordinator Detroit, MI
“The workshop was absolutely wonderful and informative...Craig did a better job of getting across what songs need to say and how to approach writing them than any of the other workshops I’ve been to.” -Donny Grace, NSAI Regional Workshop Coordinator North Alabama
"This was by far the very best mentoring session on the craft of songwriting we've ever had!" -Dena H. Marchiony, Executive Director Philadelphia Songwriters Project