2024 Fall Jam Songwriting Workshop--Becky Buller

2024 Fall Jam Songwriting Workshop

3 Days!  November 7–10, 2024!

Dates and Times: 

Thursday, November 7 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
Friday, November 8 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
Saturday, November 9 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

Cost: $250.00 MBOTMA Members (login to unlock this price)
$275 Non-Members (Join MBOTMA for as little as $35)

This year's Workshop instructor will be Becky Buller!

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About the Workshop:

Spend three days writing with Becky Buller in a small group setting, right here in Minneapolis.  What we have discovered in each of the years we have held this workshop is that the inspiration drawn from each of the instructors we have hosted at our workshop is vitally important but it’s only half the story. The other part is spending three days totally immersed in songwriting with 20 or so other like minded folks. Friendships are formed that last well beyond the three days and collaborations bring forth songs that never would have happened otherwise. It is a GREAT experience and that’s why many of our attendees return, year after year!   

Your workshop fee includes full admission to the Fall Jam which includes workshops, main stage performances, Jams, Draw Bands, Ukulele, Old-Time and Bluegrass music. Fireside Live (Open Stage)  and so much more! If you wish to stay at the Crowne Plaza, we have a special room rate of $107 (plus tax) per night. Be sure to ask for the Bluegrass rate when you book! Crowne Plaza's phone number is: (763) 559-6600

About the Instructor:

Becky Buller is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter from St. James, MN, who has traversed the globe performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit.  

Becky has written songs for three Grammy award-winning albums: she co-wrote “Freedom,” the lead-off track of The Infamous Stringdusters’ Laws of Gravity (2018 Best Bluegrass Grammy); “The Shaker” on The Travelin’ McCourys self-titled release (2019 Best Bluegrass Grammy) and “Good-bye Girl” on Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway’s Crooked Tree album (2023 Best Bluegrass Grammy). Becky’s compositions can also be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and many others.

Becky is the recipient of 10 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, including the 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist.  She is the first woman in the history of the awards to receive the Fiddler nod; she is also the first person ever to win in both vocal and instrumental categories.  Her other awards include the 2020 Collaborative Recording for “The Barber’s Fiddle” and the 2020 Song for co-writing and fiddling on Special Consensus’ “Chicago Barn Dance.” 

Scholarships:

If you know of someone who would benefit by participating in this event but can't afford to, a limited number of scholarships may be available. Please contact Ross Willits, ross@minnesotabluegrass.org