Findlay Napier's Arran Songwriting Workshop

Event Information

Come to the beautiful Isle of Arran for a two day songwriting workshop with singer songwriter Findlay Napier. The workshop will be held in the Ormidale Hotel, Brodick which is a short walk from Brodick ferry terminal.

Places are limited to 12

Participants will begin with a blank page and by the end of the weekend will have finished at least one song. Each part of the songwriting precess will be broken into easily achievable tasks. Findlay will be on hand to offer assistance. Along the way we'll look at generating ideas, creating lyrics, song form, chord choice, melody and editing.

This workshop is especially useful for writers who have trouble finishing songs or struggle with writers block. We will be working on creating new songs but the processes we'll use can be applied to your older material in your own time.

Some songwriting workshops ask participants to give a share of their PRS to the course leader. That will NOT be happening on this course. Whatever you write on this course is your own.

FORMAT:
Friday- Evening meet and greet with sing-around.
Saturday- Workshops from 10am-5pm with breaks for coffee and lunch
Sunday- Workshops from 10am- 5pm(ish) with breaks including a low key afternoon sharing concert. (Timings for Sunday will be arranged to finish so that "overseas visitors" can get last ferry back to the mainland).

This workshop would suit songwriters of any level. It helps if you can play an accompanying musical instrument but that is not essential. Get in touch with Findlay if you have any queries.

Findlay Napier is a very experienced songwriting tutor he has taught many courses at Scotland's Creative Writing Centre Moniack Mhor and at for the Arvon Foundation at The Hurst in Shropshire. He has worked in prisons, high schools, youth groups and primary schools across the UK. He was the songwriting tutor at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2014 he was commissioned to write a song for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games "Here's Tae All Out Common Wealth". More recently he was commissioned to write a song for the 125th Anniversary of the STUC and this year he was commissioned by the BBC Radio 2 to write a song for their 21st Century Folk program.

ACCOMMODATION: Findlay has arranged a special songwriter rate for accommodation with the Ormidale Hotel. Once you've booked your place on the course please CALL the hotel on 44(0)1770 302293.