The SUISA Songwriting Camp takes place for a second time after its successful première in the summer of 2017 (4 songs from the camp made it to the Swiss ESC final, among them the winning song “Stones”). This year, the Songwriting Camp will be held between Monday 18 and Wednesday 20 June 2018. Planned venue for the event are the Powerplay Studios in Maur near Zurich.
The goal of the Songwriting Camp is to compose pop songs, tailored for radio broadcasts and capable of storming the charts, with the potential to comprise all facets of temporary pop – in the range of “urban” to singer/songwriter. Resulting songs shall have the spectrum to be offered to publishers and artists from the pop scene and to be viable material for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Spaces for SUISA member participation
The exact number of participants’ spaces at the Songwriting Camp will only be made known once the exact set up of the participating songwriters has been completed. At least half of the participants’ spaces are available for SUISA members from all regions of Switzerland. SUISA members will benefit from the opportunity to compose pieces of music together with other professional songwriters from all over the world at the Songwriting Camp.
Participants are expected to exhibit well-versed musical competencies, team spirit, creativity and efficient working styles. Teams of 3-5 people are presented with the task to write a song from scratch within one day during the “songwriting sessions” – the result is a demo version of the completed piece in the evening.
In order to make this cooperation a success, participants must be able to retrieve their creative potential and be open for critique in the exchange with the co-composers. SUISA members Kate Northrop, Lars Christen, Chiara Dubey, Alejandro Reyes and the siblings Co & Stee Gfeller aka Zibbz report of their experience during last year’s SUISA Songwriting Camp in video interviews.
Applications for the SUISA Songwriting Camp 2018
SUISA members may apply for participation in the Songwriting Camp. We are looking for producers, lyricists, composers and songwriters who wish to participate for one or several days at the SUISA Songwriting Camp.
Applications should contain:
- a short biography;
- meaningful reference songs (mp3 files or internet links);
- contact infos (including valid e-mail addresses and phone numbers).
The applications with the documentation should be sent via e-mail, including the subject line “Application – SUISA Songwriting Camp 2018” to:
songwritingcamp (at) suisa (dot) ch
The deadline for applications is 8 April 2018.
Selection process and dates
International artists as well as participating SUISA members are selected by the artistic programme director of the Songwriting Camp. A harmonious mix of participants is paramount for the creative success of the “Songwriting Sessions”. Pele Loriano Productions are going to take on the artistic programme directorship on behalf of SUISA.
The artistic programme director will directly communicate any acceptance messages and invitations as well as further details on the participation at the SUISA Songwriting Camp 2018 by 31 May 2018.
There will be no mail-out of letters of rejection. If you have not received an acceptance message by 31 May 2018 you were not taken into consideration for the Songwriting Camp 2018. Please note that, at no time whatsoever, any claims arise to a participation in the event by sending in an application. There will also not be any correspondence in relation to the actual allocation of spaces. It is currently unconfirmed whether or not SUISA will continue to co-organise Songwriting Camps after June 2018.
