Are you a songwriter, a music producer or a performing artist and are you looking for the perfect piece for your next release, and you want to compose songs with other professional musicians? Here’s your chance.
Label SUISA Songwriting Camp in September 2026
In collaboration with the Festival Label Suisse and the FCMA-programme “La Cohorte” SUISA is organising a Songwriting Camp in French-speaking Switzerland for the second time. It is taking place in an urban atmosphere in the Artefax studios in the middle of Lausanne, in an environment linked to Label Suisse, the festival that celebrates Swiss music every two years.
This is the motto at the centre of the Label SUISA Songwriting Camp: “tailor made songs for releasing artists”. The intention is to create songs together through co-writing; they are supposed to be tailor-made for the projects of the participating performing artists and therefore have the best preconditions for a release. The objective is that the tracks are performed or played in public later, whether on the radio, via streaming platforms or at concerts or shows.
Open for musical diversity
There are no limits when it comes to style: Basically, all genres of pop music are welcome. It is exactly this kind of openness that turns the Camp into a special opportunity to make the diversity that is Swiss music creation heard and seen, just like the Festival Label Suisse exemplifies.
During each event day, songwriting teams, usually made up of three to four persons are newly put together. In a joint creative process, a new song and the respective demo recording are made within just one day, from scratch. The demo recordings are presented during a public listening session during the Label Suisse Festival on Saturday, 19 September 2026.
Artistic direction
Luk Zimmermann has the artistic direction of the Label SUISA Songwriting Camp. As a long-term musician, composer, producer and studio owner he brings a lot of experience to the table from his songwriting camps, he has expert knowledge of the Swiss pop music scene and is well connected nationally and internationally with the songwriting world. With him the Camp is guaranteed to have a competent and inspiring companion.
The most important thing on the Label SUISA Songwriting Camp at a glance
When? Wednesday, 16 September to Friday, 18 September 2026
Where? Artefax Studios in Lausanne
Who? Professional music creators whose strengths are in songwriting and producing as well as performing artists with regular releases
Music creators can participate if they
- are registered with SUISA;
- have extensive or professional musical skills and know how in the art of songwriting;
- want to write a song for themselves as an artist or for their own project or for other performing artists;
- are team players, open and can handle pressure;
- are available on one or more of the event days from morning to evening.
How to apply
Do you want to be part of this? We look forward to receiving your application via our online application form: www.suisa.ch/en/Application-Songwritingcamp
Please complete all fields in the application form and definitely do not forget to provide the following documentation and information:
- a short biography
- reference songs (link or mp3)
- valid contact information (e-mail, telephone, address)
- If you use a pseudonym, please also provide your birth name (real name).
Application deadline: 30 June 2026
Conditions of participation
SUISA is the organiser of the Label SUISA Songwriting Camp. By submitting your application, you agree to the following conditions of participation:
- Participating in the event is purely voluntary, not remunerated and at your own risk.
- SUISA takes care of the costs for the mandate of the artistic direction, the rental costs for the studio and room and board of the participants; additional (financial) claims may not be asserted against the organiser.
- The copyright of the songs created during the event shall be split among the participating music creators at equal rates (example: four persons in the songwriting team, share of the copyright per person = 25%).
- The participating music creators are responsible for establishing clear and binding agreements among themselves involving all entitled parties when it comes to decisions on any further production, arrangement, use, release and exploitation of the songs after the event.
- The participants agree that their names as well as photo and video recordings and excerpts from demo tracks that have been created in connection with the event may be used for documentation, communication and promotional purposes of the Songwriting Camp.
Selection and next steps
The selection of the participants is made by the artistic director, Luk Zimmermann. A healthy mix of musical competence, experience and creative perspectives is paramount for the success of the Camp.
Selected persons are contacted directly by the artistic direction or informed by SUISA. This may also happen at short notice. Please take note that your application does not provide a guarantee for a place and that there is no correspondence during/on the selection process. Information on future camps are currently not available.
