Song-Spa Weekend Workout
MasterClass Intensive
Beth Nielsen Chapman & David Wilcox
Dates/Times: November 5 & 6, 2021 (See Schedule Below)
Where: Online via Zoom
Pricing: $25 (Gallery Seat) or $499 (Premium Seat)
ONLY ONE PREMIUM SEAT REMAINS!
Every $25 Gallery Seat purchase includes automatic entry in the raffle to be upgraded to a full Premium Seat!
Learn more below!
Heads up, Songwriters!
Beth Nielsen Chapman & David Wilcox are rolling out the Song-Spa Weekend Workout MasterClass Intensive, via Zoom, in which you will create and complete a song by the end of the weekend.
Tap into your genius, unique story, & life experiences to write a song with the guidance of a prompt and inspiration from Beth & David, including a one-on-one session for each Premium student. Learn to navigate between opening to creative flow and shifting into craft (analyzing & editing), and how to flicker between the two.
Song-Spa Weekend Workout Schedule:
Friday, November 5 (4pm to 10pm CST)
4-5:30pm CDT:
Intro - Beth & Dave talk: on creativity & craft vs flow.
Beth/David each “unpack” a song of their choice
Beth/Dave give the class a song idea or cue. Students sign off and get to work!
5:30-7:30pm CDT:
Dedicated writing time (on your own)
7:30pm - 10pm CDT:
Beth/David split up and do individual one-on-one time slots, to check in on how the song is going and give instruction/feedback. Premium students will receive one-on-one sessions with BOTH Beth & David during this time. Gallery students and other Premium students can watch these segments (optional).
Saturday, November 6, 2021 (12pm-7:30pm CDT)
12pm - 5pm CDT:
(12-1pm CDT) Class meets back up to discuss process, reflect back experience, Q & A, etc.
(1-2pm CDT) Curriculum with Beth & David
(2-5pm CDT): Workshopping songs with Students
5-5:30pm CDT:
(5-5:30pm CDT) Writing time (final rewrites before evening concert)
5:30-7:30pm CDT:
(5:30-7:30pm CDT) Premium students play final songs & Beth & David offer final curriculum
Participation & Pricing Options:
Premium* Seat: $499 (limited to 14 students)
Includes:
one on one coaching
live Zoom access to group session
replay recordings after the weekend is over
performance in closing song circle
Gallery* Seat: $25 - includes an entry to win a FULL UPGRADE to a Premium Seat
Includes:
viewing attendance in all group sessions
ability to follow along, do the exercises and create your own brand new song
entry in a raffle to win a free upgrade to a full Premium Seat on the day of the program
*At the beginning of the workshop one of the Gallery attendees will be chosen from a drawing for an instant upgrade!
David Wilcox
David Wilcox is a quintessential folk singer, telling stories full of heart, humor, and hope, substance, searching, and style. His innate sense of adventure and authenticity is why critics and colleagues, alike, have always praised not just his artistry, but his humanity, as well. As Rolling Stone has noted, his “ongoing musical journey is compelling and richly deserving of a listen.”
Over more than 30 years and 20-something records, Wilcox has continued to hone his craft, pairing thoughtful insights with his warm baritone, open tunings, and deft technique. He's also kept up a brisk and thorough tour itinerary, performing 80 to 100 shows a year throughout the U.S., and regularly deploying his talents by improvising a “Musical Medicine” song for an audience member in need. In recent years he’s taken that process a step further, carefully writing and recording dozens of his “Custom Songs” for long-time fans who seek his help in commemorating and explaining the key milestones in their lives.
Wilcox’s most recent record release, The View From the Edge, finds him delving into mental health, family legacies, spiritual contemplations, and topical concerns. His song “We Make the Way By Walking" – just one in a very memorable collection of material - won him the Grand Prize in the 2018 USA Songwriting Contest.
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Beth Nielsen Chapman has taught worldwide in many venues, including the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Berklee College of Music. In October 2016, she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriting Hall of Fame. A Nashville-based singer-songwriter, she has written hits for a variety of artists, including Bette Midler, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, the Indigo Girls, and Willie Nelson. The mega-hit single “This Kiss,” sung by Faith Hill, ASCAP’S 1999 Song of the Year, garnered Chapman a Grammy Award nomination.
Chapman’s music has been heard on ER, Dawson's Creek, Providence, and Felicity, and in movie soundtracks, including The Prince of Egypt, Message In A Bottle, The Rookie, Where The Heart Is, and Practical Magic. Her groundbreaking 1997 CD, Sand & Water, written in the wake of her husband’s death in 1994, and Deeper Still, released in 2001 following her journey through breast cancer, have rendered deeply healing songs. In 2010, her Back To Love CD spawned two hits on BBC Radio 2 and she went on two tours in England, culminating in a show featuring her music at the Mermaid Theater in London with BBC’s oldest running live radio show, Friday Night Is Music Night. Her latest release, Uncovered, is a collection of original songs covered by other artists but never before recorded by Chapman, including seven #1 hits.
