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Songwriting can be such a lonely trade. Sometimes you just want someone to sit with you and help disentangle the threads.
Or, maybe what you need is someone to give you some very real skills to break out of the same old patterns in your songwriting.
| ‘I have embraced the notion of presenting songs to others as a way of feeling how I feel about the songs when singing them rather than as a way to get their feedback..magnifique strategy…very freeing! Vicki Bennett |
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Have you ever sat with an experienced songwriter whilst they created?Being a part of another writer’s process can be a turbo charge for your own process.
When you take a Songwriting Masterclass with me I do the exercises right alongside you so you get to see me at work as well as have me guide you in exploring. Double bonus!
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Libby O’Donovan being ’soothed’ by me during a songwriting masterclass. Libby went onto to create her first original music theatre piece - ‘Meredith Crocksley’ for Adelaide Fringe garnering 5-star reviews! The head rub does it every time! |
What problems do you have with songwriting?
- your songs all sound the same?
- your instrumental skills hold you back?
- you can’t seem to finish songs?
- you have trouble finding choruses? verses? bridges?
- you’ve upgraded your personal outlook on life but your songwriting still churns out the same stuff? You can’t seem to marry the two parts of your life?
- all your songs sound like rip offs of other songs
| ‘Wow Andrea! Simone’s songwriting has just taken off since your session together’Ray Elias, manager of Simone Elias - Best New Talent Port Fairy Folk Festival |
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What can I help you with?
- 7 ways of beginning songs
- 3 ways of keeping going once you’ve started
- 3 things you must NOT do to an emerging song
- 2 ways to guarantee your song sounds original
- 4 ways to test if a new song is working
- 3 ways to get the song finished
What are some of the skills you learn?
- how to use the question ‘what if?’ as a way of exploding out your songwriting styles and content
- how to use your body differently to different effect when songwriting
- how to understand and harness the power of momentum in your songwriting process
- how to get ‘procrastination’ to write your songs in half the time
- how to wear ‘different hats’ for the many jobs involved in songwriting
- how to understand and master writer’s-block
- how to simplify and deepen your songs
- how to get your songs to crystal clarity by using a little known interview technique
We can do this in person or via Skype. Contact me to set up a time.
Cost: AUD$85/hr, minimum 3 hour session for initial consult.