Songwriting from scratch

Course summary

• U1: Introduction

  • Presentation

  • Influences

• U2: The structure of a song

  • What is a song?

  • Basic structures

  • The power of the chorus and repetition

  • Pre-choruses, bridges and variations

• U3: The first creative step

  • How to find inspiration

  • Emotions as a creative engine

  • Free improvisation: From emotion to melody 1

  • Free improvisation: From emotion to melody 2

  • How I put together my melodies

• U4: Lyrical development

  • Emotional writing

  • Transforming writing into song lyrics

  • Literary resources: metaphors, imagery, and narratives

  • Letter construction: clarity and emotional depth

  • Lyric revision and editing

• U5: Basic production of a demo

  • What is a demo and why is it important?

  • Home recording

  • Enriching the song

  • Bonus: Live

• Final project

  • Songwriting from scratch

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Barbie Williams

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Barbie Williams is an Argentine singer, producer, and composer based between Berlin and Buenos Aires.
Her work blends vocal virtuosity with sonic minimalism: subtle percussion, nylon guitars, wind instruments, loops, and electronic textures that merg...