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What is ‘Songs. Chat. London.’
‘Songs. Chat. London.’ is a 3-day songwriting camp The Qube Studios (West) in London, focusing on collaboration, cultural exchange, creation of IP, and international pathway building. 6 Australian and 6 UK Artist/Producers will be given the opportunity to meet and collaborate over three days to create a potential 24 new songs. At the conclusion of the camp we will host an industry social event where attendees will be able to share their music with the London/Australian music community and industry in attendance. The sessions and the Industry event will be professionally photographed and filmed, creating content for the arists and collaborators.
The date or May 20th - 22nd have been selected to run after The Great Escape Music Festival, which we encourage participants to attend.
Details
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In addition to having the opportunity to work with incredible local and international talent, all UK-based artists/producers will be compensated in the following ways.
a) an Honorarium for their time.
b) Perdiam’s for the duration of the writing camp - food/ground transport allowance.
Date: May 20th - 22nd 2024
Who will you be working With?
Great Question; below are the Australian creatives coming to the writing camp in May.
(Alphabetically listed)
Anna Laverty
Award-winning producer Anna Laverty has built an exceptional and ever-growing show reel of credits, which has solidified her reputation as one of Australia’s finest creative talents. With an impressive catalogue of releases across multiple genres.
Credits: Florence and The Machine, Bloc Party, Depeche Mode, Pete Doherty, Camp Cope, Stella Donnelly, Pinch Points, Screamfeeder and Courtney Barnett (live album).
Didirri
Didirri sits at the heart of a wave of indie singer-songwriters, creating timeless, moving compositions. With a focus on strong lyrical content and ambient, cinematic soundscapes, Didirri’s music is one for the ages.
Elsy Wameyo
Elsy Wameyo, also known as ELSY, is a Kenyan-born Australian singer-songwriter, mostly singing in the hip hop genre. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Wameyo was awarded Young Kenyan of the Year in 2018, and won People's Choice Best Hip Hop Award at the annual South Australian Music Awards in 2019.
Gretta Ray
From a Triple J Unearthed win in 2016, to the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Prize, it’s hard to imagine a more impressive start for Gretta Ray. Her 2021 debut album Begin to Look Around was nominated for both an ARIA Music Award (Breakthrough Artist – Release) and a J Award (Australian Album of the Year). Add to that a sold-out headliner tour in 2022, an Australian arena tour supporting Gang of Youths and a viral – moment – with her poignant and entirely breathtaking cover of Billy Joel’s Vienna on TikTok (a dazzling high that has so far hit over 20 million streams, 350 million views, 35 million likes and half a million creates across socials, globally).
JOY
JOY.’s sophomore EP ‘Six’ racked up more than 50 million streams and added collaborations with the likes of What So Not, Ganz, 360 and Zhu under her belt. Behind the scenes, JOY. continued to work as a producer and songwriter for other artists - producing for Teo, Phora, BLESSED, Manu Crooks, Anfa Rose and writing with Daheala (XO crew), DJ Khalil (Eminem, Kanye) Om’mas Keith (Frank Ocean, Anderson Paak), Vory, Jessie Reyez, Jess Jackson among others. Most notably working with The Kid Laroi in his early days, for which she can now claim a role in his Billboard No.1 Album ‘F*CK Love’ where she is credited as a writer, producer and performer on.
Kiah Gossner
5x Nominated and Winner of Best Producer at the South Australian Music Awards. Credits Include: Odette, Didirri, Iluka x Lime Cordial, Timberwolf amongst many others.
Kiah is unique in his ability to achieve world class results across a range of musical practices. As a Producer/Writer he works for two of Australia's most prestigious studios (Studios 301 and mixmaster's studios). As a Musical Director/Session player Kiah has worked globally working with many touring artists as well as The Austrlian Chamber Orchetra.
Rowena Wise
“Every now and again we come across a musician who is the true definition of 'artist'... Ro crafts songs with heart, puts them out into the world with love and captures her audience for life. Songwriter, performer, musician – all these things can be said of Ro, but 'artist' describes it best" - themusic.com
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The Studio
Where are we working?
Qube Studios West
Studio A is our new world class facility exclusively designed by Munro Acoustics, featuring state of the art equipment along with next-gen mood lighting. Centred at the heart of The Qube’s impressive architecture, our design team has perfectly crafted the ideal combination of vibe meets functionality for the future of production, recording and mixing.
Structure
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Day 3
Code of Conduct
Songs Chat is committed to providing a safe, respectful, inclusive, and flexible environment free from discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and bullying. We do not tolerate or condone discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment or bullying. For more information or to read our Code of Conduct, please contact Kiah Gossner - ‘hello (at) kiah gossner (dot) com’
How to Apply?
Previous Songwriting Camps
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
