Dar Williams Retreat

March 29 SOLD OUT still a few spots on March 28

Writing a Song That Matters Online One Day Songwriting Workshop is for songwriters who haven't attended a Writing a Song That Matters retreat before. If you want to get a feel for what I do at my retreats, this workshop is for you. We'll go from 10:30AM-4:30PM ET, making room for breaks. Kellie will make sure all your tech runs smoothly, and we'll have time for everyone to share a song and get some feedback. I'll share a couple of songs, too. :)

We'll start at 10:30AM with introductions. I'll break down one of my songs and provide a couple of lyric and chord "prompts". At 12 PM ET, we'll break for 45 minutes, then return for Round 1 of listening to your songs and sharing feedback. We'll take another fifteen minute break, then go with Round 2.

Tuition includes Dar’s book, How to Write a Song That Matters (ebook or audiobook).

Please join us at the beautifully appointed Guest House in Chester, Connecticut, a historic inn-turned-retreat-center just 2 hours from Boston and New York City by train/car and one hour from Hartford’s Bradley airport. (And don’t worry – we’ll even pick you up at the train station!)

Dar, our team of songwriters and special guest songwriters (TBA), will be on hand to guide and support your songwriting craft in various workshops and song circles. We’ll offer daily song inspiration, a daily peek into Dar’s songwriting process, vocal coaching, songwriting workshops, your own private song consultation with Dar, evening song sharing with the whole group, collaborative songwriting opportunities (the now infamous “So-Fab Collab”) and coffee, tea and creativity flowing 24/7.

Only you know what sort of retreat experience will benefit your songwriting. As a result, we have designed this retreat so you can structure your days as you see fit, making space for solo writing and reflecting time and a daily workshop or two, or hitting all the workshops you can in a day for feedback on a batch of semi-finished songs. We have lots of offerings, but no advance signups are necessary, so you can let the muse be your guide daily. And with regards to your musical level, we will meet you where you are at.

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And the blessings were like poets that we never find time to know,
But when time stopped I found the place where the poets go.
And they said, "Here have some coffee, it's straight, black and very old, "
And they gave me sticks and rocks and stars and all that I could hold,

I had the blessings, a moment of peace even when the night ends,
Yeah, the blessings, can we meet? Can we meet again,
At the crossroads of disaster and the imperfect smile,
With the angel in the streetlamp that blinks on as I walk on a mile, the blessings.

– Dar Williams, The Blessings