Songwriting with Chris Funk

Meets Mon/Weds 1-2:30pm | July 20, July 22, July 27, July 29, Aug 3, Aug 5, Aug 10, Aug 12

Do you write your own music, lyrics, or rhymes? Have you experimented with recording music at home? In this workshop, we’lldissect and analyze song forms together across different genres of music. What makes a song unique? What is the message of the lyrics? What’s the production quality and how was it arranged in the studio? Inspired by what we discover, we’ll challenge ourselves to write and record a new song each week. We’ll also be joined by guest artists and songwriters for QAs about their creative process. This workshop is geared towards students with some basic songwriting experience who’d like to take their skills to the next level.

Chris Funk is best known as the multi-instrumentalist and a founding member of indie rock band The Decemberists. He is a three-time GRAMMY nominated artist who has also found much success as a music producer, composer, and studio musician lending his musical acumen to such bands as The Shins, Portugal. The Man, Laura Veirs, and more. Chris has also produced records for Stephen Malkmus, Red Fang, Ben Miller, Langhorne Slim, Sallie Ford, Rhett Miller, Kyle Craft, The Builders and The Butchers, and Y La Bamba.

The Bodecker Foundation is pleased to announce our full schedule of FREE virtual workshops for high school students. Led by professional artists, musicians, writers, educators, and designers, our multidisciplinary creative workshops meet via Zoom and include a mix of online group activities and offline individual project work. Registration is open to rising 9th graders through Class of 2020 graduating seniors. Class size is generally limited to 12 students.

To sign up, please complete the following registration form and return to: workshops@bodeckerfound.org