PRE-CONFERENCE SONGWRITING INTENSIVE

Hosted by special guest, Aaron Rice, this year's annual Pre-Conference Songwriting Intensive at Experience Conference will be held on Monday, September 1 and Tuesday, September 2 at the Coronado Springs Resort!


Registrants will have the opportunity to gain important tools and learn key songwriting elements as they co-write with professional singer/songwriters including our host, who has garnered six #1 Billboard Singles, 3 Certified Gold singles, award-winning songwriter, Aaron Rice. Aaron will be joined by a tremendous team, including Christian Nuckels, and more to be announced soon.


Our songwriting coaches include leaders who serve in their local church, with a passion for writing worship music and developing fellow worship artists. Do not miss out on this highly interactive, creative two-day session!

  • Designed to teach and empower songwriters to create dynamic, relevant and substantive songs for the local church
  • Registrants received specialized instruction and coaching from top CCLI songwriters and performers in the writing and publishing of their songs
  • Powerful workshops and discussions
  • Registrant will have the opportunity to receive a personalized song evaluation from one of the coaches
  • Group song reviews/critiques of several selected songs
  • Best of all – co-writing in a small group with the pro songwriters!


Registration will be $120 per person, is extremely limited and is only open to the first 75 applicants that have already registered for EC25.


REGISTER now 

AARON RICE

Aaron is an award winning songwriter and producer with numerous Billboard Number 1 hits, Multiple Dove and Grammy award nominations as a songwriter and producer, 3 Certified Gold Records, with writing and production credits on numerous Dove and Grammy winning projects.


Rice has had numerous successes with his songwriting career that includes the No. 1 hit, “Made To Love,” which earned Rice a 2008 Grammy nomination for Gospel Song of the Year, Dove Nomination for Pop/Rock Song of the Year and Song of the Year, and a gold plaque for the single. Other notable standouts include; “Get Back Up” (No. 1 song, Dove nomination for Pop/Rock Song of the Year), “I’m For You,” (No. 1), “Good Morning,” (Gold single) and Hawk Nelson’s “Million Miles Away.”


In addition, Aaron is a lawyer specializing in Entertainment Law.

CHRISTIAN NUCKELS

Christian Nuckels is a worship pastor, songwriter and indie recording artist. He serves as a worship pastor at BattleCreek Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nuckels has written songs with many of today’s top Worship and Contemporary Christian songwriters and has released multiple worship albums and projects. With a deep passion for writing songs for the church and coaching writers, Nuckels views writing worship music as a means of raising up the next generation of worshipers and growing spiritual discipleship.

SCHEDULE

*2025 schedule still being adjusted & SUBJECT TO CHANGE

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

1:00pm: Registration

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Coach Introductions & Writing Foundations

2:00pm - 4:00pm: Breakouts

(30 minute sections)

     - Writing Great Lyrics

     - Writing Great Melodies

     - Writing for Your Church

     - Commercial Songwriting

4:00pm - 5:30pm: Writing Group Session (1)

5:30pm - 6:30pm: 60-minute Dinner Break

6:30pm - 7:30pm: Writing Group Session (1) continued

7:30pm - 8:00pm: Writing Group (1) Song Share

9:00pm - 11:00pm: Late Night Writers Round (with Coaches)


TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

9:00am - 9:30am: Meredith Andrews

9:30am - 1:00pm: Writing Group Session (2)

60-minute Lunch Break during Writing Group Session

1:00pm to 2:00pm - Writing Group (2) Song Share

2:00pm to 3:00pm - Publishing 101 with Q&A


*Coach lineup/schedule subject to change