Offering instruction Onsite and Online each Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall in songwriting, production, recording, voice, guitar, Logic Pro X, theory, and more. Below, click on the image to read class description, view dates/times, tuition, and REGISTER. Please note: there is a one-time New Student Registration fee of $35 that all students owe upon enrolling in your first class. This can be paid in person the day of the first class; you will not owe this for any subsequent classes.
FALL 2017 classes enrolling now. Interested in a particular class and don't see it offered? Questions about the curriculum? CONTACT US or call 818-848-7664.
$ 2,997.00 $ 4,297.00
All classes are offered ONLINE, both live in real-time with Zoom AND on-demand--and MANY classes are offered again in-person here in LA! WINTER 2024 FULLY-INTERACTIVE ONLINE CLASS OPTIONS FOR UNLIMITED ENROLLMENT STUDENTS: Writing Commercial Hit Lyrics ... View full details
$ 699.00 $ 799.00
The SPRING 2024 section of THE ROOTS meets on WEDNESDAY nights 7-10pm PT starting 4/24/24, over Zoom only with full replays and support materials on-demand--and in-person co-writing for LA people(!) in classes 5 and 6 and for... View full details
$ 399.00
Please note new dates: WINTER 2024 starts TUESDAY 1/23/24, 10am PT or SATURDAY 1/27/24, 10:30am PT--still all online over zoom. 9(!) Meetings in each section with an optional additional group gathering at season's end. We remain fully interactive... View full details
$ 49.00 $ 599.00
Class meets LIVE over Zoom, 6 Saturdays at 10am PT, with full replays available at a private class site 48 hrs after class. OR learn RIGHT AWAY, on-demand! NOTE: Apple recently released an amazing update with... View full details
$ 299.00 $ 599.00
RETURNING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PANDEMIC! Gaelen Whittemore returns for this impactful, hands-on guide to the modern music business, live and in-person and streaming live in multi-cam HD, Friday evening thru Sunday late afternoon,... View full details
$ 450.00
This audition-only, peer-driven song feedback setting last ran in the FALL 2017 with Dillon O'Brian (Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jann Arden, Sons of Anarchy, etc.) conducting this audition-only song feedback room. Stay tuned for an announcement... View full details
$ 399.00 $ 499.00
The next Level 1 begins NOW! Watch class 1 on your own time. Class 2 is the first live meeting over zoom, MONDAY 4/29/24, 7:30pm PT (and on-demand). Class features 8 meetings total: one pre-recorded... View full details
$ 299.00
WATCH A SPECIAL EVENT WITH INSTRUCTOR BILL LaFLEUR HERE and ENROLL in this fully online & on-demand class. Explore the compositional mastery of the Beatles theoretical concept by concept and how each is used in different... View full details
$ 499.00
We are pleased to announce the return of this much-beloved class, fully in-person with a live online option, WINTER 2023! Thursday nights! • WATCH Class 1 as our GUEST • THU 3/2, 7:45pm IN-PERSON: Enroll us for Class 2 of... View full details
$ 599.00 $ 599.00
We have revamped this essential class for this ONLINE-ONLY format to address directly the world you find yourself in: how to make great productions with your laptop, MIDI, your voice, your instruments, and a mic,... View full details
$ 699.00 $ 799.00
The next round of class returns WINTER/SPRING 2024! We will meet online over zoom with full replays available--and have some optional in-person gatherings/meetings for LA people as well. • Watch the free event from 2/22/24 with Bob... View full details
$ 699.00 $ 799.00
This essential class in Licensing Songs to TV, Film, and Commercials returns for the WINTER/SPRING 2024 session Monday nights. Join for 3/18. There is space for TWO MORE TO JOIN! You can submit to all... View full details
$ 35.00
The first time a student takes a class at The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, there is a one-time new student registration fee of $35. You never owe this again. If you are registering for... View full details
$ 100.00
For the time being, all private sessions are held over Zoom during the pandemic. Our instructors work with songwriters all over the globe in various genres. Want to move at your own pace and work... View full details
Free & Open Event
The most important quality a songwriter can develop is the capacity to ask good questions. You are on your way! KEEP READING, BELOW. Get answers to your questions, Browse course offerings, or click the "CONTACT" button to begin... View full details
$ 25.00
We all know what a gift it is to be able to write songs. For those who would like to make a contribution to a specific service or program at The Songwriting School, your generosity makes... View full details
Free & Open Event
We are able to put on remarkable events like this one because of the generosity of many. Thank YOU for your generosity of spirit in supporting our mission to inspire, instruct, & empower at The... View full details
$ 100.00
Let someone you care about know you support them in what they care about: their music! We will issue a PDF gift certificate if you would like one! In the notes portion please leave the following... View full details
$ 375.00 $ 499.00
WINTER 2024 WEEKLY SONGWRITING CLASS FOR TEENS, over Zoom! LA Families: While we will meet over zoom, we will discuss some in-person opportunities to gather and create or perform in a professional recording studio setting for those... View full details
$ 35.00 $ 99.00
Access the archived talk with Music Business Attorney Ben McLane and receive 4+ hours of bonus materials. Ben McLane is a music business attorney who has worked on more than 150 Top Ten songs or albums... View full details
$ 299.00 $ 350.00
They wrote the songs that changed music. Often on the guitar. In this mind-expanding class, you will study the Masters, with a master. You will learn not only how to play the great songs on guitar--you will... View full details
$ 299.00 $ 350.00
SUMMER 2022: LEVEL 2 section MONDAY nights starting 7/25/22 (6 wks with full content available weekly, on-demand). Watch Class 1 on-demand and join for class 2 8/1/22--or take the class asynchronously and send work/questions to your instructor.... View full details
$ 599.00 $ 699.00
This popular zoom songwriting class RETURNS SPRING 2024, online live over zoom and on-demand only, with 8 weekly Sunday 1-3pm PDT classes and 6 optional/additional Saturday 1pm PDT song critiques. That's up to 14 meetings total with... View full details
$ 399.00 $ 499.00
Considered one of LA’s finest Vocal Technique and Vocal Therapy coaches, Katie Riggs has been teaching voice for over twenty years. She brings a wealth of experience to this 4-Part Singing Intensive to help you... View full details
$ 299.00 $ 499.00
In this 8 part class, on-demand with private sessions, you will learn to hear, create, and sing harmony by learning to sing all the parts in 4 different songs--while gaining ear training, vocalization exercises, and... View full details
$ 125.00 $ 399.00
SPECIAL CHANCE for two singers each week to pay to attend ONE class meeting SAT 2/5, live over Zoom or on-demand. Option to then take the entire course for the balance of tuition (meaning previous... View full details
$ 129.00 $ 250.00
Learn how to use GarageBand on iPad or iPhone to create your own songs--and study live over Zoom (and on-demand) with Pharrell's longtime guitarist, Grammy-Winning songwriter/musician/producer Brent Paschke! For 5 Tuesdays 4-5pm Pacific, LIVE over Zoom,... View full details
$ 479.00 $ 699.00
ONE SPACE JUST OPENED UP! Class start was delayed by flooding and now begins TU 3/12, 7:30pm in-person or over zoom! Finally, a place to work on your voice in preparation for in-studio work, live... View full details