SongwritingWith: Soldiers Inc.

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632 Fogg Street suite 8, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

EIN Number: 26-1626709

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Website: http://www.songwritingwithsoldiers.org

Email: info@songwritingwithsoldiers.org

NTEE Code: W30: Military & Veterans Organizations

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

To transform lives by using collaborative songwriting to build creativity, connections, and strengths.

VISION - GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

Building creativity, connections and strengths.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

SongwritingWith:Soldiers We pair veterans, military families, and active-duty service members with professional songwriters in retreat and workshop settings to craft songs about military experiences and the return home. Collaborative songwriting fosters trust, connection, and well being. Through collaborative songwriting, participants build trust, forge bonds, and release pain. Newly written songs are recorded on site and veterans registered with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Artists, and Publishers) as co-writers of their songs. Our creativity workshops deepen connections, with sessions in photography, video, journaling and more, many led by veterans. After the retreats, all participants receive books with lyrics and photographs from the weekend, CDs of the songs, and DVDs of the final performance. These lasting artifacts preserve positive memories and songs instill pride and serve as stepping-stones for reconnecting with family, friends, and communities. The program also nurtures post-retreat growth. Participants provide peer support at future retreats, reconnect through our online SW:S forum, and interact through Creativity Calling, a quarterly teleclass focused on creative pursuits featuring special guests. Members of all military branches referred through contacts with VA Hospitals, Veterans Centers, Mental Health professionals. Costs are covered for participants. SW:S songs shared through CDs, downloads, concerts, and social media to bridge the divide between military and civilian communities. SongwritingWith:Soldiers Retreats We pair veterans, military families, and active-duty service members with professional songwriters in retreat and workshop settings to craft songs about military experiences and the return home. Collaborative songwriting fosters trust, connection, and well being. Through collaborative songwriting, participants build trust, forge bonds, and release pain. Newly written songs are recorded on site and veterans registered with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Artists, and Publishers) as co-writers of their songs. Our creativity workshops deepen connections, with sessions in photography, video, journaling and more, many led by veterans. After the retreats, all participants receive books with lyrics and photographs from the weekend, CDs of the songs, and DVDs of the final performance. These lasting artifacts preserve positive memories and songs instill pride and serve as stepping-stones for reconnecting with family, friends, and communities. The program also nurtures post-retreat growth. Participants provide peer support at future retreats, reconnect through our online SW:S forum, and interact through Creativity Calling, a quarterly teleclass focused on creative pursuits featuring special guests. Members of all military branches referred through contacts with VA Hospitals, Veterans Centers, Mental Health professionals. Costs are covered for participants. SW:S songs shared through CDs, downloads, concerts, and social media to bridge the divide between military and civilian communities.

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Services Offered

  • Music & Performing Arts Programs
  • Veteran Trauma Support Services

Populations Served

  • Military Personnel
  • Veterans

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