Songwriting Workshop & Masterclass

by | Mar 28, 2017

Songwriting Workshop & Masterclass

Join us for a 3-hour, weekly songwriting workshop that combines writing exercises with lively technique discussions in a masterclass format – where we take a close look at songs written by workshop participants. Bring one of your completed songs and play it live, or via recording. If you can’t play it yourself, please bring someone who can. Song links and lyrics can be emailed ahead of time. A guitar (and maybe piano) will be available. All levels welcome. We will probably have time for 1-3 participants’ songs. If you don’t have a song to bring, just listen and participate in other aspects of the experience. Participating as an observer can be as beneficial as bringing your own song.

Loose Workshop Outline

  • 15 minutes: Warmup group writing exercise
  • 45-1 hour: Technique topic (something like metaphor, imagery in lyrics, productive repetition, song form, the chorus, song titles, etc.)
  • 2 hours: listen to 1-3 participants’ songs and discuss relevant techniques / issues

Price: sliding scale (100-200 Kr)

If you can’t afford to make a financial contribution at this time, please consider making another type of contribution and come anyway, as class size permits.

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Bio

Jonelle Vette (course leader) is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, USA. See a more detailed bio here. All discussion topics come from techniques taught in The Berklee College of Music Songwriting Program, and found in books by author/educators, Pat Pattision, Jimmy Kachulis, Andrea Stolpe and Shiela Davis.

Testimonials

“Jonelle’s songwriting workshops gave us an exclusive tour behind the craft of lyric writing. She invited us to observe some of the structure behind a song, and how to keep the listener’s attention from beginning to end. After every session, we walked away with at least one clear tool to work with … If Jonelle’s ship happens to pass your shores … try to get on board!” B. Heens – songwriter, producer, designer, teacher & participant in “Exploring Lyrics” (a 3 part, 9-hour workshop)

“Thanks for the invigorating workshop. I really enjoyed it. It was nice to feel there was space to delve into any aspect of the topic that interested us, and to then get knowledgable answers to all those questions. Nice group of people, too. :-)” G. Arnold – screenwriter & participant in “Productive Repetition”

“Very good workshop! It has provided new ways to think about and write lyrics.” – T. Edholm – songwriter & professional musician (participant in “Exploring Lyrics” – a 3-part, 9-hour workshop)

“Great meetup, we got a lot of tips on how to improve our songwriting skills!” – A.K. Berkvist – songwriter & lyricist (hobbyist)

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Songwriting Workshop & Masterclass

by | Mar 21, 2017

Weekly Songwriting Workshop & Masterclass

Join us for a 3-hour weekly songwriting workshop that combines relevant writing exercises with lively discussions in a masterclass format. Bring one of your completed songs – playable on a guitar or via recording. If you can’t play it yourself, please bring someone who can. (The piano is not available this Tuesday but a guitar will be!) Song links and lyrics can be emailed ahead of time.  We will probably have time for 1-3 participants’ songs. If you don’t have a song to bring, just listen and participate in other aspects of the experience. Participating as an observer can be as beneficial as bringing your own song.

During this workshop, we will:

  • engage in at least 1 group writing exercise
  • walk through a brief presentation of at least one professional writing technique
  • listen to, and talk about 1-3 participants’ songs
  • shed light on some techniques being used well in participants’ songs
  • shed light on techniques that could help improve participants’ songs
  • become more conscious of the types of choices we have as songwriters
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Jonelle Vette (course leader) is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, USA. See a more detailed bio here. All discussion topics come from techniques taught in The Berklee College of Music Songwriting Program, and found in books by author/educators, Pat Pattision, Jimmy Kachulis, Andrea Stolpe and Shiela Davis.

Price – sliding scale (80-200 Kr). If you cannot afford to make a financial contribution, come anyway as class size permits.

Also find this event on Meetup.com: https://www.meetup.com/Stockholm-Musicians-Meetup/events/238037248/

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