Tuesday - Writing and Revising your Lyrics

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Revising Lyrics - Guidelines

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- Poetics & rhyme scheme

- Thinking through your narrative

- Thinking through your imagery

- Punching up your lines

- Finding your own words

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Assignment: Write a song from one of the song prompts, or from your title list or idea list.

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Rewriting worksheet

     

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Assignments -

1. Make a list of common phrases you use when you speak.

2. Make a list of questions to ask yourself when editing

3. Rewrite a verse of song you have already finished that uses a "predictable" rhyme. Use less "predictable words".

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Thursday - [IN-PERSON] @ Swallow Hill - Martin out at the Livingston Songwriter's Festival - Substitute teacher

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Tuesday - Writing and Revising Your Music

 

Revising Music - Guidelines

 

 

- Chord Voicings

- Standard progressions

- Re-harmonizing

 

- composing a linear melody

- Differentiating your sections

- Groove and texture

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Assignment: Write a song using the chord progression: Am-D-G in the verse. Start your chorus on a Bm chord.

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Thursday - Workshopping session [In Person]

- Bring a song to share that you have worked on revising

Tuesday - Approaching Revision

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Revising Guidelines

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  - Strategies for working through the hard moments.

  - Making your songs more interesting.

  - Layered approach

     - Sculptor

     - Professor

     - attorney

  - Thinking through your characters and narrative elements.

  - Merging ideas

     

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Assignments -

1. For two minutes (set a timer), write all the descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs) that you can think of. Once finished, go through your list and write synonyms for each of those words. 

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2. Choose an object in your house. Write a one-page description of that object with as much detail as possible. Once finished, highlight all the descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs) and replace them with the "opposite" of those words.

 

2. Rewrite a song that is already finished. Go line by line and see if you can add imagery, replace common adjectives with more complex or specific ones.

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Thursday - Workshopping Session [In-Person]

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Don't forget to contact Martin about setting up a 1-on-1 song coaching session!

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Tuesday - Finishing revising and Q&A

- laying out your song

- creating the product

- Preparing it for rehearsal

- revision after performance

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- Chart template

 

Assignment: Finish a song that you have started and make a lyric sheet with the chord progression.

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Thursday -

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Bring a song written from Section 2 writing prompts

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