Songsalive! Orange County Monthly Songwriting Workshop with Matt Moran

ORANGE COUNTY SONGSALIVE! JANUARY SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP

Songsalive!, the largest international non-profit organization supporting, promoting and educating songwriters and composers worldwide since 1997 brings you another songwriting workshop. Let's make an .MP3 recording from start to finish!

This is your chance to develop your songwriting in a supportive and intimate environment, meet invaluable music industry experts, network with fellow members, and be part of your local songwriters community. The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round critique workshop where writers present one song each - either on CD or live - with feedback and critique given by a guest speaker or the Songsalive! moderator (who in-turn allows some comments from attendees also). The second half is dedicated to a Music Industry educational and informative discussion/talk, often with an industry guest speaker, and plenty of time to talk and network.

WHEN: LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

NEXT: Saturday, January 26, 2019

TIME: Starts 6:30 pm SHARP. Ends at 9:30 pm. Please be on time. Late arrivals are not supported. You need to come for the whole event!

WHERE: GOLDENWEST DINER (formerly Spires Restaurant)

13030 Goldenwest Ave.

Westminster, CA

Next to the 22 (Garden Grove) Freeway.

COST: Free for Songsalive! Pro Members. Non-members pay a donation of $10 to our non-profit efforts. Did you know that our team are volunteers? Lots of sweat and love in this production!

Make sure your membership is current, or join at https://members.songsalive.org

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RSVP is ESSENTIAL to PARTICIPATE.

You MUST RSVP in order to be considered for a song critique by 9pm Saturday before the workshop.

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TOPIC FOR THE SECOND HALF: "Self-Recording for Songwriters using Reaper, Start to Finish"

This mini-workshop will demonstrate using Reaper, a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) to record a short song. We will start with a basic click/rhythm track, a song scratch track, and then record guitars, vocals, and possibly some percussion. At the end we will create an Mp3 file of the final product. (Reaper is a full-featured recording software, similar to Pro Tools and others with a large community of musicians, engineers, and enthusiasts to help you learn and use the product.)

Presented by: Matt Moran

Matt is a technology consultant, author, and songwriter. He is the author of two books on careers for IT professionals, articles on social media, technology, and DIY tools for musicians, and he is the founder of the rock band,Arrogant Sage. Find out more at: MatthewMoranOnline.com