Apr 8: Collaborative Songwriting: the Nashville way with Jackson Emmer

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Dusty Strings 3406 Fremont Ave N

Maximum Enrollment: 16

Registration & Refund Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026

Break through writer's block, expand your musical community, and generate mountains of material at warp speed! This workshop on collaborative writing will introduce you to the essential Nashville songwriting process. We'll share techniques that master writers use to flesh out their best ideas, connect with an audience, and communicate with collaborators. Participants will pair up and write a new song, from scratch, during this 2-hour workshop. Sound intimidating? Then this workshop is for you! Two brains are faster than one. This is not a lecture style class– this is immersion.

Skills Needed: Participants should have written at least one song prior to taking this workshop. Getting from 0 to 1 is the biggest leap. Getting from 1 to 100 is the easy part!

What to Bring: An instrument, note pad and pen/pencil, or laptop for writing and notetaking.

Teacher: Jackson Emmer is an Award-Winning singer/songwriter and music educator from Santa Cruz, CA. Emmer has taught songwriting alongside Neil Diamond, Tom Paxton, Susan Gibson, and James Dean Hicks, to name a few. He has been a guest instructor for Club Passim, Swallow Hill Music, and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. His educational videos online have garnered 588,000+ views.

With 20+ cuts as a writer and five albums released under his own name, Emmer has been forging his own path through the Folk and Americana scene since 2018. His music has been featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, and The Boston Globe. His songs have been recorded by Tim O'Brien, Tom Paxton, Brittany Ann Tranbaugh, and more.

“Few are writing songs like Jackson Emmer.” – Rolling Stone

*Most classes and workshops are geared towards late-teens and adults. Younger learners will benefit most starting with private lessons.

If you have any questions about group classes, or the school in general, don’t hesitate to contact us at (206) 634-1662 or music@dustystrings.com.