Song Writing Bootcamp w/ Gabriel Stebbing & Daisy

Gabriel & Daisy are pooling together their experience, skills, and knowledge to help you build your confidence in collaboration, experimentation, and get your ideas flowing again with hands-on mentoring from local songwriting pros!

Skill up with the songwriter’s toolkit – lyrics, chords, melody & structure

Learn tips & tricks used by the songwriting pros

Co-write, collaborate & experiment with your music in an open creative space

Build the confidence to banish your inner critic - let your inner child loose & get ideas flowing

Meet like minded local songwriters & musicians

Hosted by pro songwriters who have worked with Loyle Carner, Christine & the Queens, Kae Tempest and more.

All abilities, genres, and approaches welcome!

Feel free to bring your own instruments, soundcards, laptops-- anything which you write with or which helps you get creative!

There will be some equipment available to use in the space also.

Refreshments available. We advise bringing lunch with you.

We will be based in the upstairs bar area.

Event finishes at 4pm.

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About your Mentors:

Gabriel Stebbing aka Nightworks…

Gabriel is a songwriter and music educator who has worked with the likes of Christine & the Queens, Metronomy and Loyle Carner. He is an experienced MAST collaborator, regularly co-writing with other artists at his Margate studio, and has hosted songwriting workshops in London and Kent since 2016.

Daisy Beau…

Daisy grew up immersed in music culture and activism. She has performed at the Jazz Cafe, the Barbican, and Glastonbury festival. Recent live highlights include BBC Live Lounge with Jo Whiley, and electrifying improvisation sessions with Congo Natty and Falle Nioke. Her co-writing with Kae Tempest has garnered over 20m streams.

Along with bagging your ticket, please also fill in this Google Form (https://tinyurl.com/yvjhsanv) to give Gabriel & Daisy an understanding of where you're at in your songwriting journey and what your approach is.

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About The Kent Pop Exchange:

The Kent Pop Exchange (KPX) is a programme of gigs, workshops, and events centred on platforming, developing and celebrating the emerging grassroots music culture in Kent, based out of one of Kent’s flagship grassroots venues, Where Else? As a community oriented organisation made up of working class people, with The Kent Pop Exchange we strive to platform and elevate a diverse range of backgrounds, voices and perspectives, on and off the stage. This project has been supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Presented by Kent Pop Exchange

All ages