Crap Song Club

This is an writing intensive run over FOUR WEDNESDAY EVENINGS on Zoom

Come and write some crap songs with us! Going through a bit of a lull in your writing? Got a block the size of the Eiffel Tower in your brain? Just cannot get past the blank page? Get out of the way of yourself and commit to FOUR songs in FOUR weeks. 

Rose and Delilah came up with the idea of the "Crap Song Club" after bandmate Karlee (The Holy Smoke) was having a hard time with a creative block and a blank page. "Just write a crap song!" And so she did...and it was wonderful. You see, once she got out of the way of her perfectionist brain, threw some spaghetti at the wall and was curious about what stuck. (This was the result)

So this really is a series of workshops to pry the perfectionist claws out of your brain and massage your curiosity and wonder with writing because done is better than perfect!

Wednesday 1st November - 7pm-830pm Brisbane GMT+10

Wednesday 8th November - 7pm-830pm 

Wednesday 15th November - 7pm-830pm 

Wednesday 22th November - 7pm-830pm 

Each week you will receive a new topic on the Thursday before the class (so you receive the first topic on Thurs 26th October). Your mission is to write a song (for example, verse, chorus, bridge, outro) with the allocated topic and then present it to your class on zoom.

The only rule - there are NO DISCLAIMERS. We all enter the Zoom Room with the understanding that this is a SAFE SPACE where early works can be shared, changed, deliberated over and massaged into the best form possible. 

Nothing prepares you for performance other than just doing it.

The only thing that will happen if you keep writing songs, is you'll get better. 

What have you got to lose.

Perth - 5pm

Darwin - 630pm

Brisbane - 7pm

Adelaide - 730pm

Sydney/Melbourne/Hobart/Canberra - 8pm

Your Group Facilitators

Rose Parker is a prolific and magical songwriter weaving words and images to blanket your soul, with a voice that moves from folk whisperer to gospel belter. Formally one half of the Velvet Janes, she has toured from Sydney to San Francisco, played many an international festival as well as writing, releasing and producing three eps and three albums. Rose’s songwriting session at the retreat will explore inspiration sources, creative output and flow, song structure, finding the hook, the importance of editing, and ways to deal with writer's block. You will also get a chance to write one-on-one will Rose!

Delilah Rose is Songwriter. Mama. Gatherer. Optimist. Listener. Storyteller. Writing songs and processing the world around her through songwriting since 1999, she's loves bringing people together and creating warm, inviting spaces for you to hone your craft. She’s previously won Best Group at the WA Country Music Awards, nominated for Best Country Act (WAM Awards) and is described as “a great storyteller” by Triple J’s Nkechi Anele. She has played Miri Country Music Festival (Malaysia), supported Troy Cassar-Daley in Darwin, NT plus played Boyup Brook Country Music Festival, Fringe World Festival, WAMFest, Wave Rock Weekender and Nannup Music Festival. She released her debut album Moxie, Sept 2022.