In this workshop Chuck SJ will be teaching you how to develop your songwriting skills by exploring structure, lyrics, boosting your creativity & tightening your dynamics. No previous experience necessary!

About Chuck:

Chuck SJ is a multidisciplinary artist, often exploring trans and autistic matters through various forms. Chuck has completed five European tours, twelve U.K tours,15 albums and 2.EPs. Chuck has performed at Manchester pride, L-Fest, 2000 Trees, Brighton Pride, Anarcho Folk Festival Amsterdam, Trans Pride, LadyFest Maastricht and numerous off grid locations; including 'trailer parks' in Germany, Switzerland and Amsterdam, woodlands scattered throughout Europe, A Metal kathedral in Utrecht, a warehouse in Sint-Niklass and an abandoned house home to a 10 ft dragon in Vienna. Chuck is well known for their gripping stage performance, unique guitar skills and brutal honesty.

Bring an instrument if you have one!

****What is First Timers Fest?****

First Timers fest is an annual series of workshops that ends in a Fest where every band plays its first show! Our aim is to divesify and demystify DIY music.

People of any musical experience and of any identity can attend our workshops, though they are largely aimed at beginners. To play the fest itself your band needs to meet two or more of the following criteria:

- One or more people have never been in a band before.

- One or more people have never performed that role in a band before (e.g if a drummer is having a go at vocals)

-One or more people belongs to a marginalised group, for example, they are a woman, a person of colour, LGBTQIA+, disabled, working class, neurodivergent.

!!!Covid Policy!!!

This is the covid era and there is risk involved in attending events. Please look after everyone by taking the following precautions:

Please take a lateral flow test within 48 hours of the workshop, preferably on the same day. You can order Lateral flow tests here: https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests.

We encourage you to wear masks when indoors unless exempt.

We reccomend that you don't attend lots of crowded indoor events within short periods of time, and that you take lateral flow tests the day after our event, and four days after our event.

Accessibility:

The workshop will take place in the back room of the venue. There are a few small steps and ridges between the main door and back room, but we can let you in through a side door if that's an issue- please email ahead at dsflfirsttimers@gmail.com. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet in the back room, and all toilets will be made gender neutral for our events.