This month marks the start of a few new things for Shrewsbury Songwriters.
The first is that, although we have always been open to tunewriters, we are now making this official! If you write your own tunes, or are interested in starting, then we would love for you to come on down and join us to discuss writing processes and, if you would like to, share a tune with us.
The second new change is that we are switching to two-monthly briefs to give everyone an opportunity to experiment and go a bit deeper into the briefs. As always, these briefs are be optional and we welcome all of your songs and tunes.
The last change is that, instead of having one brief for songwriters and one for tunewriters, we will have two options for each brief, one that focuses on the subject matter and one that looks at the musical side. This will allow both types of writers to try different aspects (or perhaps both if you’re feeling inspired!) – you might want to write a tune that you feel reflects the subject (my sister, for example, always likes to have the name of a tune before she writes it) or you might want to try a new musical style for you songs.
In the spirit of these new aspects, I thought our brief for May and June should be about trying something new.