Last month I went on a songwriting retreat in Melbourne and it was amazing.

It was for 4 days and it was run by my music mentor’s Carter and Carter who are a country duo.

There was around 20 singer/songwriters and our hosts Merelyn and
David Carter. We also had Brendan Walmsley, Brett Wood and Paula from Jetty Road.  All country music artists in Australia.

We came from all around Australia to write, work on songs and to collaborate.

We stayed at Karma Kinglake and we shared with people we had not met but later up became friends.

We learnt a lot about songwriting, how to register our songs and other information about our music.

I was so blessed to collaborate and write a song with Paula from Jetty Road.

We wrote a song about my journey, I wanted the song to build and I wanted the song to be able to make a difference.

It was a full day of writing and I am so happy with how the song worked out.

I said to Paula this is my dream, it was a pinch me moment.

At the retreat if you worked on a song during the day and if you finished it you were encouraged to share it after dinner.

I shared my song and it was amazing.

I am so glad that I took the time away, booked the retreat, got on a plane, and went to Melbourne where I could just focus on my creativity.

It was a beautiful time where new friendships were made and the atmosphere was so encouraging.

It was great to hear other people’s journeys and their songs that they had written on the retreat.

We all wrote down a goal for the retreat and yes, I achieved my goal.

I will share more soon.

Tracey Buckley