SONGSALIVE! CHICAGO SONG CRITIQUE WORKSHOP with GUEST SPEAKER: Lance Brown



Songsalive! holds monthly workshops where songwriters gather to share their
songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting
communities we have created around the world. The first half is solely
dedicated to an in-the-round workshop, where writers present one song each -
either on tape, CD or live, followed by a guest speaker/industry discussion
in the second half and plenty of time to talk and network. Moderated by Mary
Lemanski.



Details: For more info: www.songsalive.org - go to CHAPTERS & EVENTS -
Chicago.



WHEN: Saturday, July 25, 2009



TIME: Starts 11:30AM SHARP. Ends at 2PM. Please be on time.



WHERE: Beat Kitchen

2100 W. Belmont

Chicago, IL 60618

http://www.beatkitchen.com



Directions: Located one block block west from the Damen/Belmont
intersection.



Below are ways to reach the Beat Kitchen through public transportation.



Blue Line to Damen Stop - Take 50 Damen Bus North to Belmont.

Blue line to Belmont Stop - Take 77 Belmont Bus East to 2100 W. Belmont

Red Line / Brown Line / Purple Line to Belmont Stop - Take 77 Belmont Bus
West to 2100 W. Belmont.





COST: $5 donation for non-members, free to Songsalive! members.

You can join Songsalive! to participate in the workshops at
www.songsalive.org go JOIN.



REGISTER: Pre-registrations helpful but not necessary. Register your
attendance by emailing Chicago@... or phone.

You will be automatically registered by contacting us. Or just turn up, but
get there early to be considered for song critique.



FIRST HALF SONG CRITIQUE - RULES & WHAT TO BRING: 1 song either on tape, CD
or live (bring own guitar or keyboard) and 20 copies of your typed lyric
sheet with contact details clearly displayed. Read the RULES at
www.songsalive.org go PROGRAMS / WORKSHOPS



SECOND HALF GUEST SPEAKER:



LANCE BROWN - BIO



Lance Brown is an artist, actor, musician and song writer who has lived by
his wits and creativity since 1977. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
the University of Denver and studied music composition, theory and
performance for 3 semesters at the University of Maine under Roswell Rudd,
jazz trombonist of Berkley School of Music fame. His songwriting education
came from 4 years in the US Navy, 4 years as a social worker in a state
institution for the mentally challenged and the various life experiences he
has gleaned from traveling as a working actor and musician for the last 22
years. His mainstay has been a one-person show called "Will Rogers Now"
which he has toured nationwide for the last 22 years. During all this time
he has been a prolific songwriter penning pieces ranging from the patently
absurd to the deeply philosophical. On the absurd end he and collaborator
Steve Wellman created the satyrical "Somewhat Fractured History of the World
Show" which was billed as a history of the world from the Big Bang to the
present in silly songs and stupid music. Lance performed that show
nationwide for 10 years. Lance's satyrical songs have found their way onto
the "Dr. Demento Show" out of Los Angeles ("Buzzards in Love" "Soap on a
Rope") and many local radio stations WBEZ, WFMT and WNUR ("The Dan Ryan
Blues). He also performs around Chicago with his Lance Brown Group playing
his own form of bluesy jazz and jazzy blues. As a graphic artist, Lance
has shown in venues as diverse as The Old Town School of Folk Music (The
Blues Series) and local business establishments in Illinois that have shown
his improvisational paintings and drawings. Influenced by twelve years of
Zen practice, Lance's creative approach to both music and graphic art find
their roots in meditation and improvisation. He currently teaches a course
called "Drawing as Meditation and Improvisation" for the Chicago Oasis
Learning Center. Pulling the two disciplines of art and music together he
has painted live on stage to the Eddy Clearwater Blues Band at Bill's Blues
in Evanston, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir at Shuba's in Chicago and
performed a series of improvised paintings to Strauss Waltzes at the Skokie
Theatre in Skokie. He brings the same fearless "freeing of the muse"
approach to his song writing. A workshop with Lance Brown is not about the
nuts and bolts of the business but is more about process, opening the doors
to creativity and finding one's own unique artistic voice. Website:
http://www.lancestunes.com





TOPIC: Songwriting: Meditations & Improvisations





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