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Saturday October 10, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
 A generative songwriting workshop centered on the edge of feeling, where emotion is still forming and songs begin before they have words or shape. Together we will identify a “seed,” a memory, emotion, image, or fragment of truth, and develop it into a songwriting starting point. Through guided prompts and group exercises, we will explore how to translate experience into lyrics using both direct and indirect language. You will leave with a starting point to continue writing from, along with practical tools for shaping raw feeling into the beginning of a song.
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Brian Laidlaw

Brian Laidlaw is an author and songwriter based in Moab, Utah. He writes for magazines like Outside, Alpinist, Climbing, and Orion, and his debut nonfiction book Erratica: On Climbing, Language, and Touching Stone was released this fall by Milkweed Editions. He continues to tour as a folksinger, and also moonlights (often by literal moonlight) as a climber, establishing new boulders and routes in the desert and Sierra... Read More →
Saturday October 10, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Tahoe Wine Collective 760 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City

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