Hit Songwriting: Learn to Write Lyrics! Be a Songwriting Pro
What you'll learn
- The ability to write on command without having to be inspired
- An understanding of how to emotionally connect with the audience through lyrics
- An understanding of the techniques professional songwriters use to create amazing lyrics
- An increased ability to effectively communicate with words and music
- Suitable for beginners as well as advanced songwriters
Requirements
- Desire
Description
Learn to use all of your senses - touch, taste, smell, sight, sound, and movement - as springboards for creativity in writing amazing lyrics. It could be you that writes the next number one song! Enroll Now! Course Updated March 25, 2020
Over 600 students enrolled!
Develop the time tested songwriting techniques that professionals use to create incredible lyrics while still maintaining your unique voice.
Learn to connect with and create a memorable experience for your audience
Learn to write even when you're not initially inspired
Learn to streamline and accelerate your songwriting process
Learn to apply songwriting strategies to any new idea
Content and Overview
This course is different from any other course you will find on songwriting, because it is solely focused on the lyric. It's so important in songwriting, to get the lyrics right. A strong song needs strong lyrics. How many hit songs do you know of that don't have lyrics?
First, you'll learn how to get creative even when you're not really inspired. I'll show you how you can use all of your senses and the world around you to spark your creativity and jumpstart your songwriting anytime!
Next, you'll learn how to control the emotional impact that your listener is having through toggling - moving between details and sometimes pulling back for a broader picture. You will learn how to intensify or diminish the experience of the listener with sound lyrical techniques.
We'll also examine the different types of rhyme. You'll learn the various ways to effectively use rhyme in your songwriting. We'll also discuss tense and power positions...and a whole lot more.
By the End of the Course You Will Be Able To:
write lyrics that control the emotions of your audience
write lyrics that effectively communicate the message of the song
combine lyrics with music more effectively
generate better ideas more easily
create detailed and emotional lines that tell a story
Who this course is for:
- This course is for anyone that wants to take there lyric writing to the next level
- Like I said before, it could be you that writes the next number one song! Enroll Now!
Course content
2 lectures • 1minWelcome
- Preview00:38
- Preview00:06
3 lectures • 15minWriting from "Where" and "Who"
5 lectures • 12minSecrets of Structure
4 lectures • 6minDialing into the Audience
2 lectures • 9minInventing the "Why"
5 lectures • 11minReflections of Music Form and Structure
Instructor
![Pippin Jag](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 3.8 Instructor Rating
- 152 Reviews
- 6,486 Students
- 4 Courses
Pippin Jag is obsessed with songwriting and guitar! He is a Berklee alum (Writing and Producing) who has been songwriting for over 20 years. He lives in Los Angeles and has worked with some of the world's most successful celebrities and recording artists.
When he's not with his guitar or at his piano, Pippin is usually surfing, playing soccer, or eating with loved ones. Spending time with his family is probably his favorite thing to do.
Since 2008, he has been a full-time songwriter, and currently is a staff writer at MRS publishing. He is affiliated with ASCAP.