Author Archives: murraywebster
July 2020 – A Challenging Year So Far
To state the obvious it’s been a challenging year so far and we all hope that prospects will get better as we move forward. It was nice to record a session of 4 songs live for my friend David Fee … Continue reading
June 2019 – Meeting Your Heroes
One of my great songwriting heroes has always been Sugar Miami Steve Van Zandt aka Little Steven aka E Street Band guitarist and producer aka Silvio Dante of The Sopranos. The aspect I’ve always loved is the spellbinding mix of … Continue reading
March 2018 – Retreats, Rewriting, Recording
2018 has been a busy year so far! Following on from another successful series of concerts for the homeless charity Crisis At Christmas, January brought the usual sniffles and Life Admin chores such as Tax Returns and Car Insurance renewal. … Continue reading
June 2017 – Workshops, Retreats, Mentoring and Recording!
2017 has been a busy year so far! The 7-day Spring Peak District Retreat I taught and facilitated for London Songwriters in April was a huge success – 12 writers plus myself bonded over Songwriting and Suppers in the middle … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2017!
And so we come to the end of a busy 2016 – here are my highlights in a nutshell! I ran another three highly successful London Songwriters Retreats in the beautiful English countryside attended by 45 writers in total, all of whom rated … Continue reading
Summer’s Day…a 30 second Pop Song
I am delighted to have a song released on the latest 100×30 Guinness Book Of Records-included album from Nub Country Records. Have a quick listen. – it’s only 39 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY8kxHb23-M&feature=youtu.be Last year Mark Christopher Lee‘s label released an album of 100 … Continue reading
January…
…marked a great start to the year. At London Songwriters we held our usual two monthly events with two different formats, collaboration and songshare “It was amazing!”, “Thanks for a great workshop again! These are so valuable”, “Great experience”, “Really inspiring … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
2015 was an interesting year. It was certainly one of innovation. Three highly successful London Songwriters retreats in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside were attended by 35 writers, all of whom rated the overall experience 5 out of 5. … Continue reading
Summer Songwriting News
At the end of April I facilitated my first retreat for London Songwriters and 11 of us spent a wonderful week writing in the picturesque Derbyshire countryside. I have been attending retreats with a dozen or so friends every 6 months … Continue reading
London Songwriters and Songwriting Retreats
The year got off to a flying start with good attendances at London Songwriters and some highly productive collaboration sessions. I also started a new songshare-only format where we can discuss our songs in more detail with a smaller group. … Continue reading