Founded in 2018, the 11:59 Songwriting Group is an annual project designed to provide inspiration, support, accountability, and feedback for a diverse group of musicians and songwriters.

Every year, the group’s founder Dave Madden curates a collective of artists ranging from singer-songwriters to instrumentalists, poets, visual artists, composers, solo artists, and bands. It’s a vibrant community where many genres of music are represented. Since its inception in 2018, the group has created over 1,200 songs—and they're just getting started.

In recent years, the group has been awarded grants from the City of Austin’s ACME program. These grants have allowed the group to flourish in new and exciting ways. The funds have been distributed widely throughout Austin, impacting more than 70 individual small business owners, local companies and artists. 

This project is supported in part by the Austin Live Music Fund of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

11:59 "in the wild"

The 11:59 Songwriting Group serves as a creative incubator for an ever-growing body of publicly released work. Below you'll find just a small sample of songs that members of 11:59 chose to record and release.