Diamonds in the Rust Workshop - Spring 2023
DITR Songwriting Workshop – Spring 2026
$200.00
This Workshop is sold out! If you’d like to be on the wait list, please email annie@maynardmusic.com
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- All-access pass to the workshop presentations, open mic, mentor sessions, and IN-PERSON concert
- Dates are: Thursday, April 23 - Saturday, April 25
- Workshops + Activities will take place during the evening on Thursday, and all-day Friday and part of Saturday.
- The price includes Welcome reception on Thursday night and light snacks throughout.
- Meals on your own. Lots of great options in downtown Chelsea
- Reasonably priced lodging is available at the Baymont Inn and Suites
Overview of Schedule (Subject to change):
- Saturday, April 18, 12p - Song Assignment/Meet and Greet via Zoom
- Thursday, April 23 (7pm - 10pm): Welcome, Staff Intro and Song Circles
- Friday (1:00 pm - 10 pm): Workshops, Song Circles
- Saturday (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm): 1:1 meetings with staff, performance techniques, writing time
- Saturday (7:30 p - 10p): In-Person Concert - Staff and Attendees play song assignments before a live audience.
Concert tickets available in advance here: https://www.diamondsintherust.net/product/diamonds-in-the-rust-songwriters-weekend-finale-concert/Saturday, April 25 - 7:30 pm (Doors open 7:00pm)
Location: Chelsea Depot
125 Jackson St
Chelsea, MI 48118
Conversations
lead by your hosts, Jan Krist, Jim Bizer and Annie Capps
First impressions.
Songs that grab you right at the top and make you want to know more often do this lyrically and musically.
James Taylor said, on Jimmy Kimmel this week, that finding just the right word is “like finding the golden puzzle piece.”
Those words rarely just fall out, and word salad is definitely not gonna make it.
It’s usually a deep dive into word play that nets you a line like- “Got your baby got your blanket got your bucket of beer “
What to look for and how you might find it.
Additionally we’ll look at the way cards craftsmen weave musical phrases into word entrees, saucing up the whole thing.
What is a bridge? What do they do? Why would we want one? We’ll talk about this sometimes enigmatic part of writing songs and how they can expand and amplify your song, both musically and lyrically. Personally, I’m a big fan of them.
We’ll explore examples of songs written from another person (or object)’s perspective as a way of bearing witness or telling a story. How to do this effectively when we ourselves have no experience with their perspective. i.e. writing from the perspective of an immigrant mother, or someone recently released from prison, or a person from another gender, or a bullet ….
More details coming soon. Feel free to email us with any questions. Jan (jan@jankrist.net), Jim (jb@jimbizer.com), Annie (annie@maynardmusic.com)