By Luke Voogt
A freshly-formed music trio took just one hour to write a new song when an international folk conference hit Geelong this week.
Newtown singer-songwriter Matilda Hassall joined fellow local folk muso Fenn Wilson and Canadian Ian Sherwood to smash out the song in a workshop on Tuesday.
“We had bits of paper flying around everywhere,” the 21-year-old said.
Matilda usually took a few weeks to write a song, she explained.
“It can happen in an hour or less,” she said.
“But sometimes I’m still revisiting ideas I had a few years ago and fleshing them out – so this was quite rapid.”
Ironically, the song the trio penned was about living on a schedule and not having time to relax, Matilda said.
“The hook of the song was living by the hands of the clock.”
The workshop was one of several combining international folk stars with budding local artists as part of ExCHANGE 2020.
Matilda, who also teaches music and plays in local band Hey Mammoth, supported Ian Sherwood in a concert the night before.
“It’s great for Geelong musicians to have this,” she said.
“I didn’t realise how colossal it was until I had a look at the program yesterday.”
