Songwriters club, any interest?

KStaford

I am not sure if a song writers club already exists, I have had a quick look at the socs website and cannot find mention of any such soc.

Would there be any interest in such a society? I envisage it as a forum for creativity, where people can get together to create, collaborate and even perform unique work through the use of workshops, outings etc.

If you have any interest or know of anyone interested in writing songs, perhaps you might tell them about this post.

Many thanks

k

Weidii

You should look at doing something collaborative between writers soc and music soc. I don't think you'd get too many for songwriters soc by itself, to be honest.

KStaford

good idea, I think you are right

Unenlightened

Do you mean lyrics plus melody?

If so, I'm in...

KStaford

Unenlightened wrote: »

Do you mean lyrics plus melody?

If so, I'm in...

I think we'd need a few more to make a proper soc

Unenlightened

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There you go. 15 signatures? No bother.

Jamey

I'd definitely be interested. No soc in the college really appealed to me that much but this one would.

KStaford

If I got good traffic on this post and plenty of responses, I (we) could definately take it forward but otherwise no.