Cover Songs play a huge part in the sync landscape for important reasons. Creatively, a fresh take on a familiar song adds the perfect relationship between familiarity and surprise to a scene in a film, a moment in a show, or the introduction of a brand experience. On the business side, a cover often costs less to clear than an original--and thus indies gain more opportunities. Two cover placements came out of our sync class over the last two rounds for...
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Be our GUEST to watch Class 1 of Crafting Great Lyrics, with Platinum Lyricist Mark Winkler--and get Mark's Top 6 Tips for Crafting Great Lyrics!  Class meets for 8 weeks, Tuesday nights at 7:30pm PT in-person (in Burbank), live over zoom, and on-demand. To enroll, scroll down. Space for two more to join! Mark leads a spirited and insightful examination of current and established hits as he explores what makes a great title, how to write great titles, and how...
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The Songwriting School was honored to host our beloved and respected instructor, Platinum Lyricist and charting jazz artist Mark Winkler for this workshop on the craft of lyric writing and the celebration of his new book, The Songwriter's Handbook. Buy the book on Amazon here, Watch the event below. Mark returns to teach a great Lyric Writing Class called Crafting Great Lyrics: Power Strategies with Platinum Lyricist Mark Winkler this JANUARY 2025 on Tuesday nights starting 1/21/25. See the link below to...
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This conversation with music supervisors Laura Webb & Lindsay Wolfingtin is offered as an open meeting of the essential Sync Licensing class Placing Songs in TV, Film, & Commercials at The Songwriting School. Enrollment is open right now with a chance to join before class resumes Monday 11/18, 7:30pm with special guest music supervisor and publisher Allison Wood. Lindsay Wolfington & Laura Webb are multiple winners of the Guild of Music Supervisors Award and Emmy-Nominated for Outstanding Supervision. Their extensive credits include the...
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Hit Nashville writer Rick Beresford returns to The Songwriting School to discuss what makes for memorable, impactful songwriting--and to explore distinct current trends and styles in current country music. He is not only a #1 Country songwriter, he has taught students to become hit writers themselves (most recently Jon Nite, with multiple number ones this past year). Rick ran the Songwriting Department at Nashville's Belmont University for 25 years, and the Song School at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Watch the CLASS HERE:...
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Bob Garrett was a Broadway star, a hit writer, a Motown staff writer, and vocal coach to the stars (Katy Perry, Jessica Lange...). He has advised on countless musicals (The Color Purple, etc) and has co-written his own, in development. In this brief conversation, Bob and Songwriting School student and accomplished writer Richard Castle, we discuss "the Book"--the story of a musical theater production, and the interplay of scene and song. We also talk about strategies to write and rewrite and how to finish(!) a full...
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WATCH CLASS 1 as our GUEST Still space available to join the fully-interactive class (or to take it on-demand), 8 meetings total. Live, fully-interactive in real time AND archives available on-demand. Any class you must miss you may still submit homework for feedback. Watch class 1 below, in two parts. We resume with Class 2 on Sunday 6/2, 3pm PT live over Zoom and on-demand. LEARN MORE OR ENROLL IN THE CLASS:   Who knows better than the writer how their...
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Bob Garrett was a Broadway star, a hit writer, a Motown staff writer, and vocal coach to the stars (Katy Perry, Jessica Lange...). He has advised on countless musicals (The Color Purple, etc) and has co-written his own, in development. Learn from Bob and some recent graduates of his class about the journey of figuring out when an idea might be bigger than just one song, and how to grow that idea into an entire show. Bob Garrett is the rare mentor who has "done...
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  Bob Garrett has coached pop stars like Katy Perry, Big Time Rush, and multiple seasons of American Idol—and he has coached actors like Elle Fanning, Drew Barrymore, Channing Tatum, Hugh Jackman, and Jessica Lange in on-camera singing roles. We have him for this free workshop of coaching, advice, and vocal technique and performance work, in advance of the start of his 8-wk in-person and online vocal technique & vocal performance class THE VOICE LAB at The Songwriting School! WATCH THE WORKSHOP WITH BOB GARRETT: ENROLL TO STUDY IN-PERSON or ONLINE:...
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Rick Beresford is a #1 Country Writer. Many of Rick's students have gone on to be #1 writers (like Jon Nite). Join him for this free zoom workshop and learn the importance of radio in 2023 and How to Write for Radio.Rick teaches a fantastic songwriting and song workshopping class called The Country Songwriting Manual, online over zoom with full replays available for class members privately. Class meets 8 Sundays--AND 6 additional Saturdays for song critiques--1-3pm PT both days. That's up to 14 chances to learn with and from...
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