Southwest Regional Folk Alliance
Sept. 30 - Oct 3, 2010
Austin, Tx
830 257 - 3600
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
FOUR AMAZING SONGWRITING RETREATS AT REO RAFTING RESOR
Join songwriters from around the world this summer in beautiful British Columbia (http://www.reorafting.com)!
Each of these four unique retreats will help you improve your songwriting and
take your songs to the next level. Special Muses Muse Offer
below.
EXPLORING THE GUITAR FOR SONGWRITERS - July 9-11, 2010
This weekend intensive features Mark Simos, the associate professor of songwriting for the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. Mark's retreat is aimed at the intermediate to advanced guitar player who may find themselves at the place where their guitar skills hold them back from writing better songs.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/exploring-guitar.html
REO SONGWRITING RETREAT - July 11-16, 2010
REO's 11th annual songwriting retreat features world-class instructors and mentors. Bonnie Hayes is a Grammy-nominated songwriter with cuts by Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Robert Cray,
David Crosby and Cher!
take your songs to the next level. Special Muses Muse Offer
below.
EXPLORING THE GUITAR FOR SONGWRITERS - July 9-11, 2010
This weekend intensive features Mark Simos, the associate professor of songwriting for the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. Mark's retreat is aimed at the intermediate to advanced guitar player who may find themselves at the place where their guitar skills hold them back from writing better songs.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/exploring-guitar.html
REO SONGWRITING RETREAT - July 11-16, 2010
REO's 11th annual songwriting retreat features world-class instructors and mentors. Bonnie Hayes is a Grammy-nominated songwriter with cuts by Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Robert Cray,
David Crosby and Cher!
Pat Pattison and Mark Simos are both professors at Berklee College of Music, one of the most
prestigious music schools in the USA. Renee Grant-Williams is a vocal instructor for many of today’s finest singers including Miley Cryrus, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Christina Aguilera and
Tim McGraw. With daily workshop sessions, master classes, song critiques, open mic reviews, private one-on-one sessions with an instructor, and a free optional rafting adventure, this retreat
will be an experience not to be missed. See note from Renee Grant-Williams below.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/songwriter_retreat.html
SONG CAMP WITH TOM KIMMEL (WRITING WHOLE SONGS) - August 8-10,
2010
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel will teach user-friendly ways of developing songs through all stages of development and getting them to completion! Tom's songs have been featured on albums by major artists including Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Randy Travis and soundtracks for Twins, Runaway Bride and Dawson's Creek. Songwriters to share their ongoing projects and get valuable feedback from other writers in addition to participating in songwriting sessions covering lyrics, melody, the art of collaboration and other writing techniques.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/writing_whole_songs.html
HOW SONGWRITING REALLY WORKS - August 11-13, 2010
How Songwriting Really Works: Techniques and Secrets of the World's Greatest Songwriters" is designed for songwriters willing to devote themselves to writing great songs. Wayne Chase, the
author of How Songwriting Really Works, is a music and songwriting scholar with over 20 years in the music industry. Wayne is one of the world's leading experts on the emotional, or connotative meaning, of words and language. Join Wayne for an intensive songwriting retreat that is guaranteed to help you write great, memorable and emotionally meaningful songs.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/how_music_really_works-_l
yrics_-_music.html
SPECIAL OFFER:
To help songwriters attend, REO is offering early bird rates to save $100 off any of the four retreats if you book now! Call 1-800-736-7238. Seats are limited. Offer ends June 21st.
RETREAT ORGANIZER:
Bryan Fogelman (bryan@reorafting.com). Contact Bryan directly for questions, custom packages and other arrangements.
MORE ABOUT THE REO SONGWRITING RETREAT:
Join Renee Grant-Williams at the 11th Annual REO Songwriting
Retreat - July 11-16, 2010
What makes the REO Songwriters retreat different from any other songwriting camp? Start with an incredible setting right on the edge of a beautiful jade-green river canyon. Add rushing rapids,
snow-capped mountains, wildflowers and wilderness. Then add four of the best songwriting mentors on the planet; a low instructor-to-student ratio to enhance the intimacy and one-on-one time with our instructors and other songwriters; a private critique session with your choice of instructor/mentor; daily social hour, open-mic and co-writing sessions. Finally, choose an optional whitewater rafting (exciting) or scenic float rafting (relaxing) adventure on the Nahatlatch or Fraser Rivers.
Join songwriters from around the world for a truly amazing week!
Renee will be joining:
PAT PATTISON: Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Pat developed the first Songwriting Major in the USA. He has published three best-selling books on songwriting including Writing Better Lyrics (Writers Digest, 1995). Pat has hosted nine Songwriters Retreats at REO since 1997. Pat teaches across the North America, Australia and New Zealand and is involved with TAXI, NSAI, SAC and many other songwriting association
BONNIE HAYES: A Grammy-nominated songwriter with huge international hits including “Have a Heart” and "Love Letter", which restored Bonnie Raitt to superstardom with the multi-platinum, multi-Grammy-winning CD Nick of Time. Writing for artists as diverse as Bette Midler, Robert Cray, Adam Ant, David Crosby, Booker T and the MG's, and Cher, Bonnie has continued to craft songs one critic described as "sparkling clockwork mechanisms with a tendency to do the unexpected." Plus, Bonnie has toured as a keyboardist/backing vocalist with such arena acts
as Belinda Carlisle and Billy Idol.
MARK SIMOS: Acclaimed "neo-traditionalist" songwriter Mark Simos brings a deep grounding in American roots music - old time, bluegrass, Celtic - to his work. His signature style, combining
finely crafted lyrics with surprising turns of melody and modal harmonies, has yielded four songs recorded by Alison Krauss and Union Station, and 100+ cuts overall with artists including Del
McCoury, the Infamous Stringdusters, Doyle Lawson and Laurie Lewis. As a songwriting professor at Berklee College of Music, Mark's teaching combines solid technical content with
explorations and exercises developed at dozens of workshops, camps and clinics over the years. In his writing and teaching, he champions craft, diversity, versatility, risk-taking, and
innovation through renewal of timeless forms.
We look forward to seeing you at the river this summer!
Tim McGraw. With daily workshop sessions, master classes, song critiques, open mic reviews, private one-on-one sessions with an instructor, and a free optional rafting adventure, this retreat
will be an experience not to be missed. See note from Renee Grant-Williams below.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/songwriter_retreat.html
SONG CAMP WITH TOM KIMMEL (WRITING WHOLE SONGS) - August 8-10,
2010
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel will teach user-friendly ways of developing songs through all stages of development and getting them to completion! Tom's songs have been featured on albums by major artists including Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Randy Travis and soundtracks for Twins, Runaway Bride and Dawson's Creek. Songwriters to share their ongoing projects and get valuable feedback from other writers in addition to participating in songwriting sessions covering lyrics, melody, the art of collaboration and other writing techniques.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/writing_whole_songs.html
HOW SONGWRITING REALLY WORKS - August 11-13, 2010
How Songwriting Really Works: Techniques and Secrets of the World's Greatest Songwriters" is designed for songwriters willing to devote themselves to writing great songs. Wayne Chase, the
author of How Songwriting Really Works, is a music and songwriting scholar with over 20 years in the music industry. Wayne is one of the world's leading experts on the emotional, or connotative meaning, of words and language. Join Wayne for an intensive songwriting retreat that is guaranteed to help you write great, memorable and emotionally meaningful songs.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/how_music_really_works-_l
yrics_-_music.html
SPECIAL OFFER:
To help songwriters attend, REO is offering early bird rates to save $100 off any of the four retreats if you book now! Call 1-800-736-7238. Seats are limited. Offer ends June 21st.
RETREAT ORGANIZER:
Bryan Fogelman (bryan@reorafting.com). Contact Bryan directly for questions, custom packages and other arrangements.
MORE ABOUT THE REO SONGWRITING RETREAT:
Join Renee Grant-Williams at the 11th Annual REO Songwriting
Retreat - July 11-16, 2010
What makes the REO Songwriters retreat different from any other songwriting camp? Start with an incredible setting right on the edge of a beautiful jade-green river canyon. Add rushing rapids,
snow-capped mountains, wildflowers and wilderness. Then add four of the best songwriting mentors on the planet; a low instructor-to-student ratio to enhance the intimacy and one-on-one time with our instructors and other songwriters; a private critique session with your choice of instructor/mentor; daily social hour, open-mic and co-writing sessions. Finally, choose an optional whitewater rafting (exciting) or scenic float rafting (relaxing) adventure on the Nahatlatch or Fraser Rivers.
Join songwriters from around the world for a truly amazing week!
Renee will be joining:
PAT PATTISON: Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Pat developed the first Songwriting Major in the USA. He has published three best-selling books on songwriting including Writing Better Lyrics (Writers Digest, 1995). Pat has hosted nine Songwriters Retreats at REO since 1997. Pat teaches across the North America, Australia and New Zealand and is involved with TAXI, NSAI, SAC and many other songwriting association
BONNIE HAYES: A Grammy-nominated songwriter with huge international hits including “Have a Heart” and "Love Letter", which restored Bonnie Raitt to superstardom with the multi-platinum, multi-Grammy-winning CD Nick of Time. Writing for artists as diverse as Bette Midler, Robert Cray, Adam Ant, David Crosby, Booker T and the MG's, and Cher, Bonnie has continued to craft songs one critic described as "sparkling clockwork mechanisms with a tendency to do the unexpected." Plus, Bonnie has toured as a keyboardist/backing vocalist with such arena acts
as Belinda Carlisle and Billy Idol.
MARK SIMOS: Acclaimed "neo-traditionalist" songwriter Mark Simos brings a deep grounding in American roots music - old time, bluegrass, Celtic - to his work. His signature style, combining
finely crafted lyrics with surprising turns of melody and modal harmonies, has yielded four songs recorded by Alison Krauss and Union Station, and 100+ cuts overall with artists including Del
McCoury, the Infamous Stringdusters, Doyle Lawson and Laurie Lewis. As a songwriting professor at Berklee College of Music, Mark's teaching combines solid technical content with
explorations and exercises developed at dozens of workshops, camps and clinics over the years. In his writing and teaching, he champions craft, diversity, versatility, risk-taking, and
innovation through renewal of timeless forms.
We look forward to seeing you at the river this summer!
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