A handful of people file into the Liffey Trust Studios, the multi-purpose community space behind the Point Village.
They climb two flights of stairs and enter a waiting area where they are greeted by the voice of an aerobics instructor barking orders in sync with a Lady Gaga remix.
Everyone not kitted out in fitness gear has come equipped with either a notepad, photographs or a guitar. They are old and young, choir singers, musical theatre aficionados, and former dock workers.
All have a mutual interest in the Docklands and all have the intention, before the day is out, to write a song about the area.
