The Songwriters Sessions for 2012 continue on Thursday, May 24 at the Camden Public Library. The series is designed to encourage songwriters by giving supportive response to their work-in-progress and an opportunity to perform in public. This year the library has invited several well-known songwriters to create a “songwriting with the masters” series. The series culminates in a performance of the brand-new songs at the Library Coffeehouse in June.
All songwriters are invited to attend; the final Session before the June performance is on May 24, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. For this final session the group will meet in the Picker Room to try out their music with sound equipment in preparation for the Songwriters Coffeehouse performance on June 7. Jim James will lead the final Session and also MC the June Coffeehouse.
Please contact Ken Gross at the library to enroll, 236-3440 or info@librarycamden.org. Drop-ins are also welcome, but pre-registering ensures a space in the series. $4 donation per session suggested.
The series continues a tradition of helping songwriters prepare their work for presentation. Songwriters in the past have found the sessions to be very helpful in providing regular feedback as the songs progress, and have found the monthly meetings to be a great advantage in helping provide the discipline to keep writing. The sessions are round-robin style, with each writer taking a turn listening and providing positive and respectful responses, and in turn performing their own songs, with the guidance and suggestion of a professional songwriter. The sessions are also an opportunity to find like-minded musicians to perform with.