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Songwriter Masterclass

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Better songs start with better songwriting.

Great music productions starts with great music. Develop a simple idea into a full composition. Learn how to write a melody and build a chord progression. Analyze popular songs with your instructor and learn the techniques used by the songwriters you love. Watch as they guide you through the creation of song bodies and toplines.

Key Topics:

Creative Techniques and Best Practices
Collaboration
Melody
Chord Progressions
Modulation
Analysis
Form
Splits
Topline

What Students Say

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great instructor!

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Incredibly knowledge-packed and the teacher has a great, passionate personality.

—Taylor

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Nathan has a great understanding of sound and music theory. He got me thinking and excited to dive deeper.

—Michael

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The class dynamic of instruction is extraordinary for beginners and experienced people within music. The classes are small and the interaction between students and the instructor is great. You get to ask as many questions as you like and

—Mercedes

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One of the greatest, most fun classes I have taken. They open my mind to the possibilities of music

—Alex

Course Level: Master Classes

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Recent Resident Gyms
- OFFICE HOURS: we talked about sound treatment and snares
- OFFICE HOURS: We chatted about creating songs with objects and just chatted
- OFFICE HOURS: Music Industry- balancing different workflows, and income sources. How AI is impacting film music. Music platforms and streaming vs artist direct to fan and creating community.
- OFFICE HOURS: Discussed an element in Alee's song, some ideas for follow up, and ways to experiment over the break.
- OFFICE HOURS: David's new song Listening/Critiquing The importance of following your gut The points of diminishing returns
- OFFICE HOURS: We briefly talked about patch bays, and touring strategies for regional tour of PCNW.
- OFFICE HOURS: Vocal tuning with Melodyne and Autotune. Covering basics and using a verse of her song for the example. Showing a few of the basic pitch functions and comparing the vocal in context of the music with Melodyne, Autotune and no vocal tuning.
- OFFICE HOURS: We covered ways to approach using reference tracks for our productions. sometimes reference tracks are for guidance on overall vibe, and sometimes they're for more granular production areas. But we talked about how to navigate that within the context of our own creativity.
- OFFICE HOURS: we had a mostly quiet working session together - Alee worked on her chords for a new song, and we caught up a tiny bit.
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Upcoming Resident Events
- Office Hours: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Jan. 04: 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Jan. 04: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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