Push Songs Returns

Attention Victorian Songwriters! Want to hone your songwriting skills with some of the music industry's best?

Jeff Lang, Abby Dobson, Jen Cloher and Mark Seymour step off the stage and out of the studio, to join Charles Jenkins' innovative and inspiring songwriter's program, Push Songs, in May and June to help upcoming and emerging Victorian songwriters.
 
The free all ages program was established by Jenkins (Shopfront Songs) in 2009 in partnership with The Push and APRA, and with the generous support of the State Government's Arts Victoria funding program, and more recently the Australian Government's Australia Council.
 
Twelve applicants will be chosen to take part in three, one on one, 1.5 hour songwriting workshops between May 3 and June 8 at The Push offices in Brunswick. They will develop song ideas and sketches with Jenkins as well as two of this round's special guest songwriters Lang, Dobson, Cloher and Seymour.
 
Participants from all corners of the state of Victoria of any age are encouraged to apply for Push Songs. Push Songs APPLICATIONS CLOSE Wednesday 20 April. The online application is very easy and participants will be chosen on suitability, as well as what they will get out of the program. Fill out an application online via thepush.com.au (follow the links to Push Songs).

Push Songs acknowledges the artistic, creative and long term benefits and positive career impact that the passing on of experience, skills, ideas, knowledge, encouragement, confidence and inspiration brings to a songwriter. Push Songs is a significant link in the music industry - taking a dedicated songwriter and their initial song ideas and offering support and practical advice from creation to completion. The Push is a Victorian youth music organisation, which runs a range of music industry training programs for young people and the wider Victorian music industry such as Face The Music Conference, Push Songs, FReeZA Push Start Band Competition and FReeZACentral Mentoring Program.