Section 1 - Progressions Songwriting

Week 1

"You write a hit the smae way you write a flop" - Alan Jay Lerner

Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Tuesday - Introduction

- How to navigate this course

- Key chart

- Rhyming dictionary

- Presenting songs

- Workshopping

- Giving good feedback

- Receiving feedback

- Asking for advice

Assignments -

1. Buy a notebook! (one you can work in for the entire course)

2. Find a song and break it down. Write a short description of the song thinking about form, chords, rhyme scheme, imagery, etc. Tell me why you like it, and why you don't

3. Explore the rhyming dictionary as well as the resource section in this progressions course.

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Thursday - Doing the work!

- The Songwriting Process

- The Audience

- Finding Inspiration

- Habits to develop

- Carry a notebook

- Observe and listen

- Ask questions and be in your head

- Write, write, write!

- Read lots of books

- Make decisions

- Power through or let it rest

- Show up to the easel

- Your writing space

- Obstacles

- Reviewing your repertoire

- what songs have you started? Finish those.

Assignments:

1. Find at least one song that is unfinished, either in your mind or in your writings and finish it this weekend.

2. Notebook - Somewhere near the front of your notebook, make a list of songwriting topics and a list of titles that you can draw from for this class. You need to have ten topics and twenty titles.