" let's get the best young songwriters in ns and take them to the most inspiring place we can think of (ingonish) and see what happens 4 years and roughly 150 songs later, the idea now has a mind of its own maybe it’s the simple math of how blind faith multiplies" ~ gordie sampson For the past four summers, some of Nova Scotia’s most promising songwriters have been hand-picked to take part in an intensive 5 day series of co-writing sessions which are conducted by Cape Breton’s own grammy award winning, Gordie Sampson, along with leaders Steve MacDougall (Slowcoaster) and Carleton Stone. The result is a motivating experience, a growing sense of community, and an inspiring collection of songs. In 2013 it became apparent that these songs deserved to be shared. The first Gordie Sampson Songcamp compilation consists of 15 songs representing the work of 22 Nova Scotia songwriters. The songs were chosen from over 150 songs written during Songcamp from 2010-2013 and range in style from the fine folk of “Harbourtown” to the contemporary pop/rap of “All The Time In the World” to the infectious reggae groove of “Flip Flops”. What these songs share is that they are stepping stones in the careers of many fine young writers. Some of these are studio recordings , where the song has already found its way to a record…the rest are versions that were demoed at camp and then mixed later. flip flops 28:20 written in 2010 by brandon johnson, jenny macdonald, steven macdougall performed by slowcoaster where have you been? 03:47 written in 2012 by carleton stone, dana beeler, mo kenney performed by dana beeler all the time in the world 04:24 written in 2012 by carleton stone, elijah wohlmuth, kyle mischiek performed by elijah wohlmuth and kyle mischiek black water 04:01 written in 2012 by dana beeler, natalie lynn, willie stratton performed by dana beeler, natalie lynn, willie stratton harbourtown 04:47 written in 2011 by breagh mackinnon, gordie sampson, natalie lynn performed by breagh mackinnon warm hands, cold heart 05:12 written in 2011 by breagh mackinnon, jenny macdonald performed by jenny macdonald never felt a thing 04:24 written in 2010 by carleton stone and molly thomason performed by carleton stone and molly thomason you wake up beautiful 03:37 written in 2012 by kyle mischiek, molly thomason, steven macdougall performed by kyle mischiek and steven macdougall last two standing 04:12 written in 2012 by carleton stone, dave sampson, gordie sampson performed by dave sampson last nights 03:35 written in 2013 by dana beeler, carleton stone, rankin macinnis performed by rankin macinnis fall outta love 06:09 written in 2012 by carleton stone, dylan guthro, laura roy performed by laura roy last night’s 04:51 written in 2013 by barbara cameron, elijah wohlmuth, nicole curry performed by barbara cameron, elijah wohlmuth, nicole curry sing to me 03:20 written in 2011 by barbara cameron, breagh mackinnon, dylan guthro performed by dylan guthro and breagh mackinnon the getaway 04:08 written in 2013 by carleton stone, chris brown, mark boutlier performed by chris brown fakin it 02:43 written in 2012 by gordie sampson, mo kenney, willie stratton performed by mo kenney