Opportunity for SUISA members
Apply for the 2023 SUISA Songwriting Camp
Be part of the Songwriting Camp, held by SUISA in collaboration with Pele Loriano Productions for the sixth time. It …
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Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The Swiss song for Liverpool: Created at the SUISA Songwriting Camp
The Swiss song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is called “Watergun”. The song was composed at the SUISA Songwriting …
“Songs must have a lyrical depth for me”
On 25 May 2022, the “Best Hit” for the best composition will be determined by public voting at the Swiss …
“Music puts the lyrics into context”
On 25 May 2022, the “Best Hit” for the best composition will be determined via audience voting at the Swiss …
“If everything was easy to understand, the lyrics would be boring”
On 25 May, 2022, the “Best Hit” for the best composition will be determined by public voting at the Swiss …
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Applications for the 2022 SUISA Songwriting Camp
For the fifth time, SUISA is organising a songwriting camp in collaboration with Pele Loriano Productions. It takes place from …
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SUISA panel at M4music: What influence does streaming have on songwriting?
Today, music is often consumed via streaming platforms. With millions of songs available, individual pieces quickly get lost in the …
SUISA Songwriting Camp 2021: now open for applications by SUISA members
The fourth SUISA Songwriting Camp will take place from 5 to 7 July 2021 in the Powerplay Studios in Maur …
“Amen”: Another ESC song that comes from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
The Eurovision Song Contest will be held again after its 2020 cancellation. A song which was created in the SUISA …
Jessiquoi: having the freedom to reinvent yourself
Searching for her personal identity is the force that drives her creativity. It has enabled Jessica Plattner, alias Jessiquoi, to …
Anna Gosteli: “I never know where things will take meˮ
Despite her outstanding training and commercial successes in a number of bands, Anna Gosteli hid her light under a bushel …
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“The crisis feels a little like being in a rehab clinic to me”
During the corona crisis, via its project “Music for Tomorrow”, SUISA is providing a platform for some members to report …
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Helvetiarockt: SUISA supports the voice of female musicians in Switzerland
Women are still underrepresented in music, on stage and as producers. For this reason, the association Helvetiarockt has been standing …
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"Répondez-Moi": Third Swiss ESC song from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
With "Répondez-Moi", Switzerland is sending a French-language entry to the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2010. The …
Swiss Music Awards: Songwriters are awarded with the “Best Hit” award
This year, the Swiss Music Awards will honour the Swiss “Best Hit” of the previous year once again. But the …
How do you write a streaming success?
Tips and reflections on modern song structures by successful songwriters as well as other music industry representatives at the SUISA …
A tribute to Claudio Taddei
On 9 August this year, singer-songwriter and painter Claudio Taddei passed away at the age of 52.
The result of an endless passion for experimentation
The Eclecta duo, made up of Zurich and Winterthur residents Andrina Bollinger and Marena Whitcher, experiments with sounds that defy …
KT Gorique, conquering the East side
SUISA member KT Gorique had been invited to the panel organised by SUISA, “Hit the World” at the M4music Festival …
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SUISA Songwriting Camp 2019 now open for applications by SUISA members
The third SUISA Songwriting Camp shall take place between 24 and 26 June 2019 in the Powerplay Studios in Maur …
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Switzerland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by Luca Hänni and a song from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
For the second time in succession, the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has come from the SUISA Songwriting …