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Songwriting 101: START New Songs & Enjoy Endless Inspiration

Name: Songwriting 101: START New Songs & Enjoy Endless Inspiration
Rating: 3.9 (7 reviews)

Mini-Course: Learn to use your emotions and daily-life as inspiration for STARTING beautiful, new original songs.

Created byAlon Kuper

Last updated 9/2024

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What you'll learn

How to take in the inspiration that’s around us all the time - and use it to write songs that you love.
How to spark the songwriting process itself, where you come up with a chord progression, melodies, lyrics, and above all - enjoy the ride while you're at it.
Start becoming prolific: being able to consistently start writing new songs.
Many very effective tips to increase your songwriting efficiency - the best tips that I've learned over the years.
A simple 4-step process to find great melodies and lyrics to add to a chord progression that you love
How to find sparks of new inspirations in the songs that you love the most
What are "inspiration waves" - and how to get (and stay) on one of them
The two states of mind you can be at while writing, and why it is critical to differentiate between the two
How to open up to the 100's of possible emotions you can feel every day (and use them in your songwriting)
PDF: 23 super-fun chord progressions to start writing songs from
Extra PDF Songbook with 101 Awesome Guitar Songs - Get Inspired from Famous Melodies

Course content

6 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 7m total length

Course Introduction & Welcome1:39
Clear the fog around inspiration and learn to consistently turn on your songwriting process to create better, new songs that you bring to the world.
Attention & Inspiration - The Engine of Songwriting4:17
Open up to daily inspiration by paying attention to emotions, colors, and conversations, then write for 10 minutes to turn those moments into lyrics.
"Through the Eyes of a Child" A Life-Lesson I've Learned About Attention1:56
See through the eyes of a child to notice welcoming locals, charming architecture, peaceful waters, and changing seasons. Discover how this tourist outlook sparks attention and endless songwriting inspiration.

Hit That Record Button2:02
Hit that record button when inspiration surges, recording all thoughts to stay focused, then listen back to salvage ideas from that exact lyric line and restart from that point.
''Inspiration Waves'' And Looping - A Widely Used Technique Amongst Pros2:46
Use looping to ride inspiration waves by recording a short chord progression and singing ideas over it to generate melodies and lyrics.
Critical - Differentiating Between ''Inspiration'' Mode And ''Editing'' Mode1:45
Differentiate between inspiration mode and editing mode in songwriting. Sustain the inspiration wave and delay nitty gritty edits until ideas flow, then refine later.
Decision Making in Songwriting - Developing Trust In Your Musical Intuition1:30
Develop trust in your musical intuition to freely explore melodies and lyrics, and keep writing what you love rather than seeking early outside approval, which makes the process easier.
Let Go And Enjoy The Ride - Because There's No Other Way3:16
Let go, write freely, and wade through many ideas to find the good ones; even great songwriters generate ideas that never become songs, so practice with a shameless, exploratory approach.
Let The Emotions Of Your Own Favorite Songs Start Up Your New Songs1:19
Start a songwriting session by playing favorite songs, move around and dance with them to ride waves of emotion, then sit back with coffee and let inspiration spark new songs.
If You Feel Your Songs Sound Pretty Much The Same - Here's A Big Solution3:59
Learn to refresh songs by adding harmonic twists to chord progressions; listen to artists with richer harmonies, then try chords on Ultimate Guitar for fresh ideas.
If You're Using Your Phone In The Process - Just Remember One Thing1:12
Use your phone as a tool for capturing ideas, recording chords and progressions during walks, but guard your inspiration by enabling do not disturb mode to avoid notifications.
The Creative Outlet - Let's Start a New Song Using These Principles1:56
Begin a new song by selecting a chord progression, experimenting with arpeggiated and strummed textures, and improvising melodies to capture a vibe and write lyrics as a habit.

My Favorite Book About Songwriting - TONS of Inspiration Inside2:02
Explore deep songwriting insights in songwriters on songwriting, a 70-plus interview collection by Paul Zollo that reveals how legends tap into inspiration. Gain motivation and new approaches to crafting songs.
Critical Songwriting Tip - Maximize Your Inspired Times2:35
Learn to differentiate between inspiration mode and editing mode to keep ideas flowing during the creative wave. Build a workflow that lets you write consistently and refine lyrics later.
The 11 Best Apps for Guitarists/Songwriters12:41
Explore 11 apps for guitarists and songwriters that boost practice, theory, and creativity from drum beats and metronomes to chord and scale dictionaries, fretboard training, and songwriting tools.
3 Easy Tips for SINGING Much Better, Today2:09
Stand tall to maximize breath and voice projection, then breathe from the diaphragm to deepen your breath. Open your mouth and sing clearly to connect with listeners.
7 Reasons to Learn the Harmonica (for Guitarists/Songwriters)9:19
Discover why the harmonica is a compact, affordable diatonic instrument for guitarists and songwriters, enabling quick melodies, easy learning, social jams, and melodic solos.

Requirements

This is for you if can already play some songs on the guitar / keyboard (even at a beginner level), and you want to start creating your OWN songs.

Description

NO previous songwriting experience needed - start writing your first songs today, and have so much fun doing it!

Have you ever wanted to write songs, or perhaps you even have some experience with it, but you were never able to consistently find that fleeting inspiration?

This course will succinctly demystify the topic and break it down into effective steps, and in less than one hour, you would be on your feet and starting your first songs.

Even if you have zero experience with songwriting.

It's easier than you think!

This course literally contains the best information that I have discovered in over a decade of writing songs, distilled into less than one hour of content. Nothing but the best of the best - designed to get you straight to early wins of new songs that you'll be creating.

- How to constantly find songwriting inspiration by living in a more attentive state (attention to the inside / outside)

- How to open up to the 100's of possible emotions you can feel every day (and use them in your songwriting)

- The two states of mind you can be at while writing, and why it is critical to differentiate between the two

- Taking walks and free-writing as ways to activate your inspiration

- A simple 4-step process to find great melodies and lyrics to add to a chord progression that you love

- How to find sparks of new inspirations in the songs that you love the most

- Shamelessness - the key to quickly move past your weaker songwriting ideas and into your best ones

- 23 super-fun chord progressions to start writing songs from (PDF)

- How to develop more trust in your musical intuition - to make all of your songwriting work more "accurate"

- What are "inspiration waves" - and how to get (and stay) on one of them

- If you feel your songs sound the same - here's the solution

- "Through the Eyes of a Child" - a surprise trip to the Netherlands to learn about attention & inspiration

This course is for you if:

You can already play some songs on the guitar / keyboard (even at a beginner level), and you want to start creating your OWN songs.

Who am I? My name is Alon, I am an artist and a music instructor based in Austin Texas and in Amsterdam. Since 2016, over 100,000 students have learned from my online courses. As an artist, I release new songs to Spotify every month and play shows with my band, and have been doing that over the last years in 100's of venues around the world.

Who this course is for:

People who have no previous songwriting experience, or little experience - and who want to turn it into something they can do consistently.

Songwriting 101: START New Songs & Enjoy Endless Inspiration

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Course content

Getting Ready to Write3 lectures • 8min

The ''Super-Tool'' Of Songwriting1 lecture • 9min

The Songwriting Process9 lectures • 20min

Inspiring PDF Gifts4 lectures • 1min

Extra Lessons for Your Enjoyment5 lectures • 29min

Bonus Lecture1 lecture • 2min

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