Songwriting Steps: Hit Lyric Writing & Music Composition

Songwriting Steps: Hit Lyric Writing & Music Composition

This course is here to teach you the unconventional hit songwriting tools for creating timeless lyrics, syncopated rhythms, unique melodies, and catchy vowel combinations. This music composition process involves three steps:

In the first section you will learn the fundamentals of journalism and interview orientation. This will take your writing to whole other level!

Second, you will learn how to write a vocal topline from scratch, using a paint by numbers approach with the R.M.V.W. Slots (Rhythm, Melody, Vowels, and Words).

Lastly, we will go over the diagrams of functions, subfunctions, and modifiers that lie beneath the surface of each and every lyric.

What will you receive in this course?

Unique methods taught by a working musician with 23 years of writing experience, who has shared the stage with many national acts.

20+ short lectures that are straight to the point with writing secrets of the greats

Easy To Use - Step by Step instructions that are tailored to any style of writing and genre (Pop - Country - Rap - Rock - Metal).

Start with a basic sentence and turn it into a catchy, poetic lyric line loaded with hidden meaning.

A Drumline rhythm writing process that translates for both vocals and instrumentation.

Melody writing process (From Fundamental to complex)

A set of journalism tools and orientations for interviewing your own authentic thoughts and experiences

Standup comedy writing techniques applied to lyric writing.

Clear and concise Power point slides with rhythm, melody, and lyric crafting diagrams

I am an avid student of music and have conducted countless case studies on successful artists. Daily, I have studied various writing methods that can be applied to songwriting. This includes screen writing, writing novels, Ad copy, and standup comedy.

Ten years ago, I hit the songwriting wall. I watched every YouTube How-To video, read endless books and articles, and found that no one was teaching the thing I wanted to learn the most. How to interchange every single word in a lyric line until my songs sounded unique. Not only that, how to write new combinations of rhythms and melodies that weren't just copies of past radio hits.

This is when I noticed how funny my favorite songwriters were (Chester Bennington, Dave Grohl, Layne Staley, Corey Taylor). After this, I took a hard right turn and started researching standup comedy every night for the past ten years. In doing so, I learned the power of juxtaposing two unalike subjects, recontextualizing key details, and restructuring language in order to share my perspective in a unique way. Great song lyrics aren't communicated with perfect grammar - they are suggestive and informal.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have the best experience taking this class!

Pro Song Writing with Brent Halenkamp (Shared Stage with All American Rejects, Chevelle, etc.) Lyrics, Rhythm and Melody

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What you will learn

• Write hit song lyrics with a collection of actionable functions, subfunctions, and modifiers
• Create complex rhythms and melodies using a simple systematic process
• Reverse-engineer any hit song lyric with ease

Rating: 4.35

Level: All Levels

Duration: 1 hour

Instructor: Brent Halenkamp