WORDS & MUSIC, TEEN Songwriters Class - FALL 2026 IN-PERSON & Zoom: Wednesdays 4:30-6pm PT, Starting 10/7

How to Enroll

1. Have a question first? Call 818-848-7664 or email info@thesongwritingschool.com — we're happy to talk through whether this class is right for your teen before you enroll.
2. Tuition: $549 for 8 Wednesday sessions (4:30–6pm PT), in-person at Enterprise Recording Studios, Burbank AND via Zoom.
3. New student? A one-time $35 registration fee applies if this is your family's first class at The Songwriting School. You can add it at checkout — you won't owe it again.
4. Ready to go? Click Add to Cart above and complete checkout to secure your teen's spot.

FALL 2026 section IN-PERSON AND ZOOM for beginning to intermediate TEEN Songwriters will meet for 8 consecutive Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm PT in person at historic Enterprise Recording Studios in Burbank AND over zoom, Starting Wednesday 10/7/26 and meeting 10/7 - 12/2 (with no class the day before Thanksgiving) at 4:30pm PT. 

• Arrive between 4:20 and 4:30pm for the 4:30pm start. 
• Pickup at 6pm sharp. 
• Class meets 10/7 - 12/2 (with no class the day before Thanksgiving), 4:30-6pm PT, in-person and over zoom (8 meetings total) 
• in-person meetings in a secure, gated recording studio complex with easy drive-up drop-off pickup at the gate and the option for parents to wait on the premises (wifi in a lounge area) or return for pickup.
• Next Summer 2027 Programming to be announced shortly!

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 US TO DISCUSS. Call 818-848-7664 or email to info at thesongwritingschool.com. (If this is your or your family's first class at The Songwriting School, there is a one-time new student registration fee of $35. You can pay that here. You will not owe this again.)

We believe that songwriting is the highest form of writing. In barely three minutes, a song can tell a story like a novel, or play images in our heads like a movie. A song can evoke as beautifully as a poem or as forcefully as a picket sign. It can feel as personal as a journal entry or a letter to a best friend. It can gather the rest of us like an inspired speech or a rally cry. Songs move us to our core—to dance, to cheer, to shout, to sing, to weep, to hope, to believe, to remember, to move.

To learn to write songs, then, is to develop remarkable life skills of perception, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, problem solving, and self-expression. Novelist, screenwriter, poet, scribe: Songwriters learn to be the best noticers—and they report what they notice back to the tribe. This class is devoted to kindling that passion to notice, the ability to express, and the means to create finished work. In this TEEN ONLY section, we will build a deep toolbox to start, structure, finish, and revise original songs. Class will mix hands-on exercises, thoughtful lesson presentation, group and individual work, and out of class assignments to help students develop their unique voice and style as songwriters.

We will write lyrics and music. A student does not need to play an instrument to write songs, though many do and will. For the student who does not (a writer, a singer) this peer setting might give them the hunger or clarity to learn piano, guitar, ukulele, etc. For the student who does, we will make use of and build on those existing skills in writing songs.

IS THIS CLASS RIGHT FOR ME (or my teen)?This class will be a positive, challenging, and appropriate setting for someone writing her first song and for someone who has been writing songs for a while. If, however, you are looking for an even more in-depth experience, there is the all-ages (adults too) songwriting class The Roots (9 meetings, 3 hours +). In the Summer we also offer a Teen Roots Summer Intensive, for one week in July. Members of Words & Music class are eligible, as are those who have not taken Words & Music. I

f you have questions, please call 818-848-7664 CONTACT US with as much detail as possible.

About The Instructor
Rob Seals is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work has appeared in feature and independent films, on ABC, CBS, ABC Family, E!, Bravo, MTV, VH-1, Oxygen, Fox, The CW, Apple +, in an insidiously catchy pharmiceuticals commercial, and an underpaying streaming service near you. He is the Founder of The Songwriting School of Los Angeles.

As the creator and instructor of The Roots songwriting classes at The Songwriting School, he helped people write their first songs and helped Grammy-Winning artists write their own songs. He has led graduates to make their first records or sign publishing deals, and he has helped creatives with full-time careers outside of music find meaning and value in musical self-expression. Multiple Grammy-nominated songwriters have taken The Roots--not to learn how to write songs of course, but to go deeper toward writing more personal, meaningful songs that matter.