How To Write Song

This course is specifically designed to equip you with a working knowledge and understanding of the craft of songwriting.

In this first course, we’ll focus on de-mystifying the process of constructing a song. We’ll begin with questions like "What is the purpose or goal of a song?" and "How do a lyric, hook and melody work together?"

Don’t worry if you don’t yet play an instrument… I’ll be giving a quick piano and guitar lesson to get you started. We'll also be looking at the importance of the opening line and what to do if you get stuck starting the second verse.

In the end, my hope is that you’ll feel confident of your ability to take an idea and develop it into a complete song. I’m excited about this course, and I hope you’ll join me!

This course, primarily taught through informal video discussions, will encourage the participation of its viewers by finding specific examples in popular music of each segment topic.

*WHAT YOU WILL LEARN*

✔ Overview of Course

✔ What is a Song?

✔ Define Your Goal

✔ Tools for Songwriting

✔ Rules of Songwriting

✔ What Do You Believe?

✔ Idea Development

✔ What's Your Idea?

✔ Overview of Learning an Instrument

✔ Strumming & Tuning the Guitar

✔ Guitar Chords

✔ Piano Lesson

✔ Get Comfortable On Your Instrument

✔ Key, Tempo & Dynamics

✔ Chords

✔ Four Chords

✔ Melody

✔ How Should Your Song Feel?

✔ Basic Principles of Lyrics

✔ Tour Guide & Pitfalls

✔ Rhyming Techniques

✔ Which Structure Works Best?

✔ A Catchy Title/Hook

✔ Stuck In Your Head?

✔ Opening Line - The First Impression

✔ The Acorn

✔ First Verse

✔ Put Yourself In The Audience

✔ Pre-Chorus

✔ Chorus

✔ The Heart of the Message

✔ Second Verse

✔ Bridge

✔ Thank You, and Keep Writing!

*FEATURES*

• Lifetime access to 35 lectures

• 2+ hours of high quality content

• A community of 2200+ students learning together!

• Watch courses on the go: video lectures, audio lectures, presentations, articles and anything inside your course.

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*WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE ON UDEMY *

"Great refresher course on the basics of songwriting. Made me go back into writing songs after years."

-(Mariela Arcaya) ★★★★★

Instructed By : Ben Cooper | Full-time Songwriter/Producer in Nashville, TN

Ben Cooper is an Indiana native -(aka Colts fan) and a 2007 Belmont alum -(Audio Engineering & Entrepreneurship) who has spent the past five years as a full-time songwriter in Nashville.

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