Songwriter Circle
Share your song with some friendly folks!
The next Songwriter Circle will start Saturday, July 25th!
Note: this will be another email-based Songwriter Circle, but I will most likely host a Zoom-based one again on a weekend at some point.
Get Me Your Song!
Between now and noon on Friday, the 24th, you can email me a song if you would like. I’m at: jeff.h.harrington@gmail.com
Then I will put all of these songs into a Dropbox (they will not be downloadable, and I will delete them after about a week), and I’ll start an email thread for each song where we can give feedback (if requested) and discuss them.
If you’d like to submit a video of you playing and singing instead, that is welcome!
Links to YouTube, Bandcamp, etc. (anything that’s easily accessible by everyone) are OK too.
More details:
Your email will be visible to the group, so please choose an email that you’re comfortable with being visible. It doesn’t have to be the email associated with your Substack.
Your song can be something fully produced that’s already been released, or it can be a rough voice recording of something you’ve just started - anything is fine!
You can request feedback on your song, or not. If you don’t want feedback, then you still may receive some compliments, though! If you would like feedback, you can specify if you only want certain feedback - for example, just feedback on the lyrics or just feedback on the bridge, etc.
In your email to me, you can include some thoughts on your song if you would like, and I will include them in your song’s email thread.
In your email to me, you can include the lyrics for your song if you would like (this is encouraged), and I will include them in your song’s email thread.
If the songwriter has asked for feedback, and you want to offer some constructive criticism, I would recommend starting by writing first what you like about the song.
Any subscribers are welcome to participate.
No fully AI music or lyrics, please. I’m not looking to pass judgment here on AI, either negatively or positively, but it just doesn’t feel right for this Songwriter Circle.
The lyrics cannot contain degrading words based on race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender, or identity.
Politics — there’s nothing wrong with writing about politics, of course, but some political songs just may not fit the friendly vibe of this group. This will have to be on a case-by-case basis. If you’re writing about some indisputable injustice, that’s probably fine, but a song that advocates voting for a specific person would not be a good fit.
If you don’t want to submit a song but would still like to participate, please email me to let me know. You’re welcome to just listen to the songs and participate in the email threads.
So, just to be clear, these are the steps:
Please email me your song by noon Friday, July 24th. Also, please let me know if you want feedback on your song. And include some thoughts on your song and your lyrics if you would like.
Then I will upload your song to Dropbox with the other songs, and I’ll start an email thread for each song.
I’ll plan to get all of this together by about noon CST on the 25th.
Then, everyone can spend the next week listening to the songs and interacting on the email threads.
I’ll keep the Dropbox available until Saturday morning, August 1st.
Thank you!
Target date duly noted 😉. Just need to get my pc to work…
Sounds fun, cool project! I also would love a plant / music room 😅