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Get ready for entering The Young Songwriter 2024 by using our song feedback service or joining our clubs and holiday workshops to get inspired and write better and better songs.
In its 14th year The Young Songwriter 2024 (SAYS24) competition is the world’s leading songwriting competition for young aspiring songwriters, aged 8-22, to get their songs heard by leaders in the industry & connect to a talented community of young songwriters across the world – both aspiring young songwriters who already have some experience, and those writing their first song!
SAYS24 will have a new category of 19-22 year olds! as well as the 8-12, 13-15 and 16-18 year old categories
Get your songs ready! Check out our upcoming songwriting programmes – clubs, holiday workshop and song feedback reports.
Want your songs to be the best they can? Our professional songwriters can provide insightful written song feedback. We look at your lyrics, melody and production/structure, giving our thoughts and ideas on how you could develop your songs. Just send an mp3 of your song and the lyrics to us and we’ll give you insightful feedback.
We also offer 121 song clinics where we talk through our thoughts on how to develop your songs and you have the opportunity to ask questions.
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Send us your songs and we’ll help you make them the best they can be! Get ready to enter them into The Young Songwriter 2024 competition!
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More songwriting clubs are starting in the Spring Term 2024. Small groups of the same age and songwriting/musical ability. Sign up today!
A unique creative outlet for young people to express themselves, writing their own original songs with inspiring professional songwriters. As well as accelerating their songwriting progress, members build confidence & self-esteem which impacts on all areas of their school and home life.
We have exciting songwriting groups for beginners, intermediates & advanced young songwriters, within different age groups.
During the holidays our songwriting workshops provide an opportunity over a condensed time frame to develop your songwriting talents and write some amazing songs, as well as make friends and meet future collaborators.
We have workshops for those new to songwriting, and encourage all young singers, guitarists & pianists to extend their talents and start writing songs. We also have groups for intermediate and advanced young songwriters.
Next workshops are in October – online & in London!
GET INVOLVED!
Next holiday songwriting workshops in the Christmas Holidays! Small groups of the same age and songwriting/musical ability.
CALLING YOUNG SONGWRITERS!
Join our residential songwriting summer camps in 2024!
The ultimate 4 day residential songwriting camps!
A MUST for aspiring young songwriters to develop their songwriting talents, connect & collaborate on exciting songwriting briefs over 4 days & immerse themselves in all parts of the songwriting process.
Our 121 songwriting sessions are designed for aspiring young songwriters to advance their songwriting skills and develop their songs. You can talk through and brainstorm ideas – from lyrics and melodies to recording and production at times that fit your schedule. Our new mentoring programme ‘Ad Lib.’ is a private community of talented young songwriters passionate about having a career in the music industry.
CALLING ASPIRING YOUNG SONGWRITERS
Join our mentoring programme.
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Learn how to produce your own songs & develop your production skills so you can realise the full potential of your songs.
For young songwriters new to production and more advanced young songwriters/producers who are using a DAW but would like some help getting their songs to sound great.
Our songwriting programmes run in schools are a unique creative opportunity for your pupils to learn from inspiring professional songwriters. There are many roles to play in the songwriting process – lyricists, musicians, producers, idea generators and organisers, so all pupils can be engaged and contribute.
We’ve run 5 successful songwriting programmes in a wide range of schools – leavers’ songs, school anthem songs, tailored songwriting workshops for different year groups and songwriting clubs in schools’ after school programmes.
Our songwriting resources for teachers (Music and English) are aimed at providing some fun ways to inspire young people to write their first song and give guidance for those already writing their own songs.
GET INVOLVED!
We can run songwriting programmes to help your pupils get ready to enter The Young Songwriter 2024 competition. Sparking ideas for writing a first song or developing songs already started!
GET INVOLVED!
Make your next birthday party a big hit by writing a new original song with your friends! Or buy a unique birthday gift!
Over 2 hours you’ll write your own original song from scratch! You’ll have fun writing the lyrics, improvising melodies, harmonies & rhythms. Add any instrumental parts and solos. Jam with professional songwriters and musicians.
A big hit with friends!
Presents that make a difference. Our gift vouchers give the unique & long-lasting gift of songwriting to musical young people. Choose from 6 gifts from song feedback reports to membership of our songwriting clubs. Check out our new merchandise (hoodies, T-shirts, notebooks…).
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THE LEADING SONGWRITING PLATFORM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Write songs with our professional songwriters & find your voice.
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO US
Young People. Self-esteem. Confidence. Individuality. Mental Health. Creativity. Words. Music. Courage. Connection. Community.
In its 14th year The Young Songwriter 2024 (SAYS24) competition is the world’s leading songwriting competition for young aspiring songwriters, aged 8-22, to get their songs heard by leaders in the industry & connect to a talented community of young songwriters across the world – both aspiring young songwriters who already have some experience, and those writing their first song!
SAYS24 will have a new category of 19-22 year olds! as well as the 8-12, 13-15 and 16-18 year old categories
Get your songs ready! Check out our upcoming songwriting programmes – clubs, holiday workshop and song feedback reports.
Want your songs to be the best they can? Our professional songwriters can provide insightful written song feedback. We look at your lyrics, melody and production/structure, giving our thoughts and ideas on how you could develop your songs. Just send an mp3 of your song and the lyrics to us and we’ll give you insightful feedback.
We also offer 121 song clinics where we talk through our thoughts on how to develop your songs and you have the opportunity to ask questions.
A unique creative outlet for young people to express themselves, writing their own original songs with inspiring professional songwriters. As well as accelerating their songwriting progress, members build confidence & self-esteem which impacts on all areas of their school and home life.
We have exciting songwriting groups for beginners, intermediates & advanced young songwriters, within different age groups.
During the holidays our songwriting workshops provide an opportunity over a condensed time frame to develop your songwriting talents and write some amazing songs, as well as make friends and meet future collaborators.
We have workshops for those new to songwriting, and encourage all young singers, guitarists & pianists to extend their talents and start writing songs. We also have groups for intermediate and advanced young songwriters.
Next workshops are in October – online and in London!
The ultimate 4 day residential songwriting camps!
A MUST for aspiring young songwriters to develop their songwriting talents, connect & collaborate on exciting songwriting briefs over 4 days & immerse themselves in all parts of the songwriting process.
Our 121 songwriting sessions are designed for aspiring young songwriters to advance their songwriting skills and develop their songs. You can talk through and brainstorm ideas – from lyrics and melodies to recording and production at times that fit your schedule. Our new mentoring programme ‘Ad Lib.’ is a private community of talented young songwriters passionate about having a career in the music industry
For young songwriters new to production and more advanced young songwriters/producers who are using a DAW but would like some help getting their songs to sound great.
Our songwriting programmes run in schools are a unique creative opportunity for your pupils to learn from inspiring professional songwriters. There are many roles to play in the songwriting process – lyricists, musicians, producers, idea generators and organisers, so all pupils can be engaged and contribute.
We’ve run 5 successful songwriting programmes in a wide range of schools – leavers’ songs, school anthem songs, tailored songwriting workshops for different year groups and songwriting clubs in schools’ after school programmes.
Our songwriting resources for teachers (Music and English) are aimed at providing some fun ways to inspire young people to write their first song and give guidance for those already writing their own songs.
Over 2 hours you’ll write your own original song from scratch! You’ll have fun writing the lyrics, improvising melodies, harmonies & rhythms. Add any instrumental parts and solos. Jam with professional songwriters and musicians.
A big hit with friends!
Presents that make a difference. Our gift vouchers give the unique & long-lasting gift of songwriting to musical young people. Choose from 6 gifts from song feedback reports to membership of our songwriting clubs. Check out our new merchandise (hoodies, T-shirts, notebooks…).