Guiding Principles

  • Participants have an internal passion to create songs or music
  • Creating should be a joy, not a drudgery
  • Meetings are a place of refreshment and encouragement
  • Meetings are an easy and hopeful place to share your creativity
  • Participants have a desire to create with a sense of higher purpose whether they create music intended for a Christian audience or a secular audience
  • All styles of music are welcome
  • All levels of presentation are welcome
  • Participants have a desire for excellence in musicality and lyrical communication
  • Validation as a songwriter is not dependent on having a deal, commercial publication, or public performance; it is based solely on the fact that you write songs and the understanding that God takes pleasure in your creation
  • This group is not about getting a deal but about nurturing God’s creative purposes expressed through you and becoming a better communicator through songwriting
  • Respect, affirmation and encouragement are the primary etiquette for every meeting