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"Monica's workshop got the creative waters flowing again. I'm noticing song lines left and right! She creates a supportive, fun environment and appreciates each artist whereever they are in their development." Sonya Hunter
"Monica creates a very open, supportive and disarming environment. I found this class incredibly inspiring in so many ways: the vibe, the exercises, the discussions along with the talent and open hearts of my classmates. I highly recommend it."
Renee Harcourt, (Blame Sally)
"My writing is taking on a different direction, which was unexpected and I love it. I strongly recommend Monica's class for anyone who wants to break through the boundaries around their songwriting"
Robin Galante
"One of the best songwriting classes I have ever taken. The writing exercises and the group sharing and discussion literally became the perfect keys to opening up my creative flow. I haven't been this in touch with myself and who I want to be as an artist in 20 years. Thank you, Monica!" Diane Ryderwood
This special one-day class, held in Marin, will be geared towards professional and fairly serious amateur songwriters who are looking for new ways to tap into their innate creativity as well as tools to help deepen storytelling, write more detailed descriptions and create more original metaphors. All writers are welcome to take this class, but it will be geared towards more fluent songwriters.
In addition to exercises that we will be doing in class, students will be asked to bring in a work-in-progress or a finished song that they want to share, either for critique or to work on.
MINING FOR SONGS:
On the surface it's a class on songwriting.
But really? it's about digging deeper into your personal history, finding your creative voice and expressing yourself with more authenticity and originality.
And really, really? It's about finding the joy.
What will you get?
-We will do free writes that I promise will surprise you when you read them back. You have magic in you that's just waiting to come out!
-We'll also do several descriptive writing exercises that will get you writing more vividly by pulling from all your senses and sense memories.
-We will explore metaphor - how to move from the obvious to the surprising
-We will share works in progress
-Lunch. Well yeah, gotta eat, right?
10am to 3pm songwriting intensive, light lunch included!
Monica Pasqual is the winner of 6 Independent Music Awards and Six Emmy Awards. Her song 'Bird in Hand' charted on both Americana and Roots Radio and was among the top 10 Folk Radio songs for 2011. Her songs have been used on numerous network television shows and she has composed soundtracks for PBS, The History Channel and National Geographic Television. For the last 13 years Monica has been a member of the popular Bay Area Band, Blame Sally, touring the US and Europe extensively and releasing 8 albums. Pasqual's recent solo material has focused on haunting, yearning song-poems that explore her sense of place, love, loss, war and dreams.
Recently Monica has been publishing an on-line memoir that has received thousands of reads on Medium.com.
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