Song Writing Masterclass with Beth Nielsen Chapman
Songwriting Masterclass With Beth Nielsen Chapman
For the first time in the UK, Beth Nielson Chapman gave one of her much sought-after songwriting workshops. Entitled “Creative-Flow”, Songwriting, & Finding Your Voice,
The workshop focused creativity and the processes that can be used to release it.
Over 50 songwriters, from newly emerging artists to established professional songwriters, benefited from her unique and inspiring teaching style. Participants also got feedback on their songs in a Master Class format and advice on how to take it to the next level.
Beth’s approach to writing is all about freeing the creative spirit. The workshop looked at how to disengage from "thinking" during the beginning of the creative process, increasing the chances of inspired originality. The workshop then looked at the second phase of the writing process - the process of re-writing, analyzing and editing, when the brain is more called into action. Through teaching techniques as well as critiquing songs offered as examples by the participants, Beth illustrated how to dance between spontaneity and structure, both lifting off and staying in one's center as the writing of a song unfolds.
Beth Nielsen Chapman is considered by many to be one of the pre-eminent singer/songwriters of her generation. Beth has penned numerous hits and written songs for a wide selection of artists including, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Neil Diamond, Trisha Yearwood, Roberta Flack, Martina McBride, Michael McDonald, Olivia Newton-John, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and jazz legend Andy Bey.
She’s a renowned and in-demand songwriting teacher and creative coach who teaches worldwide as well as at schools such as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and Berklee School of Music
Beth’s songs have topped the charts, on television and in movie soundtracks, including ER, Dawson's Creek, Providence, Felicity “The Prince of Egypt, “Message In A Bottle”, “The Rookie”, “Where The Heart Is” and “Practical Magic” and the mega-hit "This Kiss”, ASCAP'S 1999 Song Of The Year, sung by Faith Hill garnered her a Grammy nomination.
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