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Summer Meetups announced

Fellow songwriters, We have booked our Meetup events for the summer! Please check out the Eventbrite page to register. Meetups continue to be free over Zoom and in-person. Toronto meetups will take place at the Imperial Pub. See the Eventbrite events for all details, and see you at the next meetup! Your hosts, Neel & …

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Song Talk Meetup update

May Meetup: In-person! We’re pleased to announce that our next in-person meetup in Toronto will take place on Sunday, May 18 at the Imperial Pub near Yonge and Dundas. As the registration for the meetup continues to evolve, we are asking that you please sign up for free on Eventbrite and RSVP for the meetup …

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At Home Songwriting Challenge

Our good friend Chad Shank is hosting a month-long songwriting challenge (OK, two weeks now) at his At Home Songwriting meetup group for March 2023. Check out the details and RSVP for the sharing event here: Songwriting Challenge Wrap Up Song Share, Sat, Apr 1, 2023, 10:00 AM | Meetup Here’s a summary of his …

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Our Best Songs of the 2010s Playlist

Here’s our first Spotify playlist, our picks for the best songs of the decade! Bonus points if you can figure out who’s choices are Mike’s, Neel’s or Phil’s. And just to mix it up we’ve also included picks from our super-fan Mike MacInnis. Mike will also be joining us tonight for our Best Songs of …

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Musician in Residence: get 1 hour with Dave Bidini!

Thanks to Tony from yesterday’s Song Talk Meetup for bringing this amazing opportunity to us. Toronto Public Library’s Musician in Residence program offers up workshops, master classes, and a one-hour one-on-one with Rheostatics founder Dave Bidini. Check out https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/musician-in-residence/ for details and to sign up. All you need is a Toronto Public Library card!

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