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.
$ 2,497.00 $ 3,597.00
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! FALL 2023 FULLY-INTERACTIVE ONLINE CLASS OPTIONS FOR UNLIMITED ENROLLMENT STUDENTS: Writing Commercial Hit Lyrics How... View full details
$ 699.00 $ 799.00
The next weekly round meets for FALL 2023 on WEDNESDAY nights 7-10pm PT, over Zoom only with full replays and support materials on-demand--and in-person co-writing for LA people(!) in classes 5 and 6. Starting WED 10/11! This... View full details
$ 399.00
Please note new dates: FALL 2023 starts TUESDAY 10/10/23, 10am PT or SATURDAY 10/14, 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 ONLINE... View full details
$ 49.00 $ 599.00
NEW FORMAT! Now 9 meetings, 2 hours each -- more time to learn, less to have to manage each week! Same great content and instruction. LIVE Zoom class starts SAT 8/12, 11am PT and meets... View full details
$ 499.00 $ 599.00
The song workshop culture at The Songwriting School is one of the essential elements to the growth and success of our community. If you've seen Songland, the NBC TV show about songwriters, you have witnessed first-hand... 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, WED 8/16, 7pm PT (and on-demand). Class features 8 meetings total: one pre-recorded and 7... 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
$ 499.00 $ 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
$ 240.00 $ 799.00
The next round of class returns FALL 2023! We will meet online over zoom with full replays available--and have some optional in-person gatherings/meetings for LA people as well. ANNOUNCEMENT: We are proud to share that Courtney Leigh,... View full details
$ 699.00 $ 799.00
This essential class in Licensing Songs to TV, Film, and Commercials returns for the FALL 2023 session Monday nights! Class will meet over Zoom with some in-person opportunities to gather and collaborate for LA people as... 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
$ 599.00 $ 699.00
THIS BELOVED CLASS RETURNS WINTER 2024, fully ONLINE OVER ZOOM, THURSDAY nights 7pm Pacific STARTING 1/11/24! Watch Mark Winkler's great talk "A Song is Like a House" and get the handout at this link. Watch Mark Winkler's... View full details
$ 350.00 $ 499.00
FALL 2023 WEEKLY SONGWRITING CLASS FOR TEENS, over Zoom! Class is designed for teens who have some (even small) experience writing songs. Not sure if it's right for you (or for your son or daughter)? CONTACT... View full details
$ 50.00 $ 99.00
Join us LIVE and/or archived for Music Business Attorney Ben McLane and get your questions answered: MON 12/12, 7:30-9:30pm PT over Zoom, with full archive available for your privately 48 hrs later. Ben McLane is a... 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 FALL 2023, 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 #1... 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
$ 35.00 $ 699.00
This great class returns for the FALL Wednesdays at 7:30pm and is available in-person here in Burbank, live over zoom, and on-demand. LA people, you can do a hybrid of in-person/zoom. SOLD OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS! Special small-group... View full details