Songwriting Panel Discussion

On the back of Auckland Writers Festival, we will be hosting a group of accomplished musicians and songwriters for a chance to learn about their songwriting process. This will be an open panel so feel free to bring your questions or send your questions through before the night.

Jess Haugh

Jess is a musician, performer, music producer and audio engineer who has been involved in the music community for the last 15 years. Jess writes and produces music for her solo act (alter ego), Scarlett Lashes, and recently released a new music video “Pussy Power”. Jess has produced an EP for Star Chart and mixed a number of albums for other artists. Jess founded Women About Sound in 2017 to support women and gender-diverse musicians in Aotearoa to contribute to positive change in the music community. Women About Sound has been growing ever since and it has been great to see the development of those involved.

Jodi Pringle

Jodi is a singer/songwriter/guitar player/covers musician. She has been singing since she could talk and playing guitar since she was about 10. "Both of which have gotten better with age".

Jodi describes her style as acoustic groove – a bit of everything - folk, pop, blues, swing. She tends to write about the human condition – love, relationships, loss, things that we all relate to.

With eclectic music loves – from Bjork to Bach, and everything in between.

Artists who inspire/influence Jodi are Suzanne Vega, Pink, KD Lang and Kate Bush.

Jodi enjoys taking her favorite songs and getting them to work with just a guitar and vocals; so it sounds new and different but still recognizable.

Nancy Howie

Nancy Howie is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and maker. Her music is recorded using instruments she built herself in her workshop. Her projects have been featured on Radio New Zealand after a series of exhibitions around the Aotearoa New Zealand, and she has offered a series of practical workshops around the country on instrument-making. Her songs incorporate influences of ‘70s folk-rock, jazz, and indie, but the sound of homemade instrumentation is uniquely her own.

Sarah Radford

Semi-finalist of The International Songwriting Competition and Multi-instrumentalist Sarah Radford was born in Kirikiriroa where she started her musical journey at the age of 3 performing in her first musical. Since then music has been her passion and has taken her around the world performing in choirs, jazz bands, musicals, and as a singer and bassist in many originals bands all while gaining her degree in Jazz, and teaching, writing, arranging, and composing for various schools, musicians and artists.