especially the desire for an exact roadmap before you’ve even started
focusing on how to create environments where performers can take risks
paying close attention to organizing and transforming raw material into something that we enjoy hearing and playing
curiosity and how we can fully embody the stages we experience in our everyday practice as songwriters
Meg's lectures cover the following topics and themes:
Songwriting Workshop with Jenn Wasner (September '25) /past-courses/songwriting-workshop especially the desire for anIn September 2025, Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak) led a four week songwriting workshop built around the idea that songwriting moves in seasons. Rather than forcing inspiration to behave on a deadline, the class uses the natural world as a framework: Spring for sprouting and invention, Summer for follow through, Fall for sharing and connection, and Winter for rest, processing, and perspective. From the start, Jenn situates songwriting as