The Second Annual Songwriting Camp for professional songwriters in Alberta from July 14-17 2016! Alberta Music will be returning to OCL Studios, just outside of Calgary, to conduct a three-day songwriting camp. These nine artists will be organized into groups of three to collaborate on two to three demo-ready songs. The camp will also provide an opportunity to network and establish permanent collaborative partnerships.

When I first started writing music, I was writing just to write. I wanted to make something catchy, or something fun, or something that people would put on repeat. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, but these days, I’m taking an entirely different approach. I’m trying to write about things that are truly personal and meaningful to me. 

I feel like part of being a songwriter is the ability to be vulnerable, and at first, it’s frightening. But, in the end, if I’m more connected to the music I’m singing, I find that my audience in turn becomes more connected. They can feel the pain, or the joy, or the sorrow in the music and they feel like they are part of the story too. It’s palpable.