Song Writing

This course will run for 6 weeks on Saturdays from 11am until 1pm.

The course will cost $199 for the six classes.

Course outline:

  • Week 1: Song Analysis – understand song structures, rhyme patterns, instrument function and cohesion, tension+release, describing sound
  • Week 2: Lyrical Tool Building – figures, repetition, rhyme types
  • Week 3: Musical tool building – chord progressions & voicing, melody
  • Week 4: Writing the Song – work with students to piece together songs based on their paragraphs, chord progressions, melodies, tools and structure choices
  • Week 5: Perfecting the Song – work as a group to give each other constructive feedback on lyric, melody, chord choice and texture
  • Week 6: Final questions/wrap-up, Demo Creation and a final ‘house concert’ for parents.

Give us a call or send an email to reserve your spot in this workshop!

Phone: 519-836-8526
Email: dan@jamschool.com

A minimum of 6 participants is required other wise the class will be delayed.

Upcoming Workshops

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