Cosy Sheridan Songwriting Workshop

1123 Main Street,Dublin NH 03444

10 August, 2021

Description

Nationally recognized award-winning songwriter presents a 3 evening songwriting workshop in Dublin, NH. Songwriting Workshop with Cosy Sheridan Songwriting is a craft - and it is an art. There are moments of inspiration: when a song seems to be delivered into your ear and all you have to do is write it down. And then there is the rest of the time: when we need tools and some knowledge of how to use them. This will be a hands-on workshop. We’ll talk about songwriting. We’ll have some in-class exercises to get us started. How do we find our way into the song? Where do we begin? How do we tell the story with a balance of tension and release? How can we build a melody? What happens if the chord challenges the melody? Do we need a chorus? Or just a bridge? At each session we might break out on our own for 20 minutes to write and then come back and try what we just created. Bring your instrument and a notebook and pen. *** Cosy Sheridan - BIO Cosy Sheridan has been called “one of the era’s finest and most thoughtful songwriters.” She first appeared on the national folk scene in 1992 when she won the songwriting contests at The Kerrville Folk Festival and The Telluride Bluegrass Festival. She has been on the road ever since. “You can't make it into double digits, and continue touring for twenty or so years, unless you know what you're doing, and do it well,” wrote The Chicago Examiner. Her CD My Fence & My Neighbor was in the Top 10 of 2018 on folk radio. Her release Pretty Bird was listed among Sing Out Magazine’s Great CDs of 2014. She plays a percussive bluesy guitar style backed by the strong rhythms and harmonies of her bass player Charlie Koch. She was a voice student at Berklee College of Music, and a guitar student of legendary finger style players Eric Schoenberg and Guy Van Duser. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Cowgirl Hall of Fame and on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Cosy teaches classes in songwriting, performance and guitar at workshops and adult music camps across the country. She is the director of Moab Folk Camp in Moab, Utah.