It’s Only a Paper Moon: a Songwriting Workshop for Everyone with Jesse Mank

With equal measure paid to lyrics and music, songwriters will leave with the analytical tools to better refine and focus their own writing, while the non-writing song lover will leave with a greater appreciation for the magic that makes songs work. Though we will occasionally get a little technical, no songwriting experience or musical training is required. Our workshop will culminate in the collaborative re-writing of a pre-existing pop song.

Jesse Mank is a multimedia artist who has written, recorded, and published over 400 songs for his long-running conceptual art project: Hussalonia. When he’s not making art for art’s sake, he is a high school English teacher at Buffalo Seminary. He lives and works in the Buffalo area with his spouse, author Janet McNally, and their three daughters.