
About Song Farm Fresh

This year, daWorks Music Publishing, The Woods, and BYRÅ are hosting Song Farm Fresh for the first time. Song Farm Fresh is a side camp of Song Farm aimed at talented newcomers.
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Song Farm Fresh 2025 will take place from Friday, 13th June, to Sunday, 15th June, at the idyllic Norwegian-owned Saltögården on Saltö, just south of Strömstad, Sweden (about a two-hour drive from Oslo). The island is a nature reserve connected by a bridge at the outermost edge of the archipelago facing Kosterfjorden. The houses at Saltögården are equipped with grand pianos.
Life at Song Farm Fresh
Song Farm takes place at Saltögården on Saltö island in Sweden. Saltögården is composed of six houses and we will set up mini studios in five of them. There are sleeping arrangements at the farm for all songwriters and artists - most in shared rooms.
Song Farm Fresh is a co-writing camp, where the main focus is collaborating with artists and writing for their specific recording projects. 11 new teams of 3-4 songwriters/artists are announced each morning. During the day, a new song is written and presented in plenary sessions at 10:00 PM. The next day, participants rotate to work with new people.
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Each team consists of a producer responsible for creating the song demo, collaborating with an artist and 1–2 topliners (melody/lyrics). After the camp, all songs are shared with participants for private use. We strive for a 50/50 gender balance among participants.


Travel to and from the camp
Most participants will join our bus to Song Farm Fresh. The bus departs from the Opera House (seaside at Oslo S, a short walk from the Airport Express Train) on Friday, 13th June, at 7 PM and returns on Sunday, 15th June, at 7 PM (arriving in Oslo around 9.30 PM). The Airport Express Train between Oslo Airport (OSL) and Oslo S takes 19 minutes. All participants arrive at Song Farm Fresh on Friday evening, with writing sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Check-out is after lunch on Sunday.
The Hosts

daWorks Music Publishing
Jørn Dalchow/Cecilie Iversen
daWorks Records AS was established spring of 2000 and has since been one of Norway’s most successful small indies focusing on popular music. The sister company daWorks Music Publishing was established in 2008. daWorks focuses on artist and songwriter development in Norway for the Norwegian and international markets.
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daWorks Music Publishing represents some great songwriters and their works. A handful of songwriters write or co-write songs for artists and their recording projects.

The Woods
Carl-Henrik Wahl/Jonas Jensen
The Woods is a full-service production house that designs and builds creative projects in the unique location of Rena, Norway. We offer tailored music services combined with the peace and tranquillity impossible to find in cities.
The Woods' self-contained hub in the heart of the town doubles as a venue and base for songwriting camps, performances, and exclusive club nights.
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Over the last few years, they have produced several participants in the Norwegian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, including “Give That Wolf A Banana” with Subwoolfer in 2022.

BYRÅ
Jørn Dalchow/Cecilie Iversen
Carl Henrik Wahl/Jonas Jenssen
The founding of BYRÅ AS was a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, where two well-established companies in the Norwegian music industry saw the opportunity to join forces in order to create something new.
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BYRÅ is a joint venture company owned and operated by indielabel/publisher daWorks and production house/label/publisher The Woods. The company is currently working with artist-producer duo ZIDA, Umami Tsunami, Magnus Winjum, and other projects.
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BYRÅ is both a label and music publisher.