Category: Songwriting Workshops

Using Appreciative Inquiry, Mark S. Meritt helps people write original songs from scratch, often in a single session, whether or not they have any experience creating music or lyrics. MP3s released whenever there is something new.

Good Times

This song was written from scratch on December 5, 2010, during a Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop commissioned for Molly’s Eighth Birthday Celebration. It took 75 minutes, starting only with “It’s fun to have friends and to celebrate with friends”…

Fun, Friendly and Free

This song was written from scratch June 14, 2009, during a Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop commissioned by the Red Hook Public Library for their Summer Reading Program kickoff event. It took 60 minutes, starting only with the topic of…

Wynterwade’s the Place

This song was written from scratch on December 29, 2007, during a Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop commissioned as a Christmas present for ABB to participate in with her grandchildren. It took 90 minutes, starting only with the topic of…

More Than Yesterday

This song was written from scratch on September 16, 2007, during a Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop commissioned for Chapman’s Eighth Birthday Celebration. It took 120 minutes with breaks, starting only with “I’m older than I was yesterday” as the…

Songs Make Me Smile

This song was written from scratch on July 30, 2007, during the second test run, the first with all kids, of the Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop. It took 135 minutes with breaks, starting only with music as the topic.…

Our Place By the Sea

This song was written from scratch on July 27, 2007, during the first test run of the Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop. It took 90 minutes, starting only with the topic of Mystic, CT, where the participants have for many…