SONGtalk is your opportunity to meet and interact with some of the most influential writers and producers in the music business. This one-day event will give you unparalleled access to consistently successful music-makers who will be sharing their knowledge and experience with you. Want some exclusive insights and advice about your songs? Want some detailed, practical input into all aspects of your craft? Want to ask the questions that matter to you to people who have been there and done it? Then this is the chance you’ve been waiting for.

Have your song selected for playback, analysis, discussion and general inspiration by resident hosts Tim Fraser and Andy Duncan.

Enter a draw to have your song heard and critiqued by one of our two guest speakers, Boy George, who as a true pop icon, superstar, writer, performer and DJ, clearly needs no introduction and his fellow Culture Club writing partner and double Ivor Novello award-winner Phil Pickett, who has also worked closely with world-renowned recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Take That, Malcolm McClaren and of course, Sailor.

Learn about song structure, arrangement, instrumental selection, sound-sourcing, creating that special performance, optimum recording and mixing techniques. In other words, everything that contributes to the creation of a successful song.

Hear how songs that are now considered to be classics evolved from a rough idea into a finished masterpiece.

Find out how long and productive careers have been sustained.

Improve your understanding of the changing nature of the music business in the postinternet era and how best to make it work for you.

Enjoy a rare opportunity to personally ask the questions that matter to you to writers, musicians and producers who have been there and done it.

Develop your contacts by networking with your fellow delegates at this event and use our interactive website to connect to other writers.

This exclusive event will be held in the stunning environment of the Royal Institute Of British Architects in Portland Place, London W1 on Friday 27th November.

It will put people who are committed to the pursuit of excellence in front of people whose successes would otherwise make them completely inaccessible. It will allow your work and your voice to be heard by them. It will offer you the access to be able to ask the questions you want, get the feedback you’ve been waiting for and, most importantly, take a step closer to success.

Let SONGtalk show you The Way.

The cost will be £249.00 per delegate. This will include tea, freshly brewed coffee and miniature Danish pastries on arrival. Mid-morning tea, freshly brewed coffee and biscuits. Mid-afternoon tea, freshly brewed coffee with hand-baked cookies. Lunch chosen from the hot and cold fork buffet menu & mineral water refreshed throughout the day.

For a detailed itinerary of the day Download PDF here