Become a Songwriter
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Ready to express yourself through song or improve your songwriting craft? Transform ideas and emotions into melody and prose with this learning path, and explore music theory, songwriting best practices, and tips for managing your songwriting career.
- Learn the fundamentals of music theory.
- Explore the ins and outs of the music business.
- Practice using the best digital audio workstations (DAW).
Syllabus
Courses under this program:
Course 1: Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals
-Professional musician Julian Velard covers the basics of music theory through the lens of songwriting. Explore intervals, chord progressions, voice leading, song forms, and more.
Course 2: Music Theory for Songwriters: Harmony
-Learn music theory through the lens of songwriting. These tutorials cover the basics of harmony: minor scales, modes, 7th chords, modulations, and more.
Course 3: The Business of Songwriting: First Steps
-Get started in the business of songwriting. Learn about all of the major organizations, rights, and procedures that songwriters have to deal with in the music business.
Course 4: 20 Unofficial Rules of Songwriting
-Professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher reveals 20 unofficial songwriting rules that can make your songs more engaging and memorable.
Course 5: Write Think and Act Like a Professional Songwriter
-Want to know how to become a songwriter? Cliff Goldmacher shows what it takes to make it in the music business as a professional songwriter.
Course 6: The Dos and Don'ts of Songwriting Collaboration
-Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he explains best practices for songwriting collaboration, from planning the song promotion to keeping the co-write moving forward.
Course 7: Logic Pro X: Producing Music with Live Loops
-Learn how to produce music with the new Live Loops workflow in Logic Pro 10.5. Explore composition, sequencing, sampling, and mixing.
Course 8: Pro Tools 2021 Essential Training: 101 - The Basics
-Get up and running with Pro Tools. Learn all of the fundamentals you need to get started, from creating your first session to bouncing down a final mix.
Course 9: Learning Songwriting: Ableton Live
-Learn how to capture your musical ideas quickly and turn them into great songs with Ableton Live.
Course 10: Music Law: Copyrighting a Song
-Learn how to get and protect copyrights for your songs, and understand the critical language, concepts, and business aspects of music copyright.
Course 11: Music Law: Recording, Management, Rights, and Performance Contracts
-Learn how to understand and negotiate terms for the four major types of music business contracts: recording, management, performance, and rights agreements.
Course 12: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 1 The Big Picture
-Learn how the music industry really works. Insider Music industry insider Steve Rennie explains the business and how artists and songwriters can kick off successful music careers..
Course 13: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 2 Making Great Music
-Learn the secrets of making great music that makes its way into the hands of music biz movers and shakers.
Course 14: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 3 Treating Your Career as a Business
-Steve Rennie explains how to approach the music biz with the mindset of an entrepreneur and look at a career in music as a business.
Course 15: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 4 Building a Professional Team
-Learn about the key players you need on your team as you pursue a career in music. Discover what these music professionals do, how you find them, and when you need them.
Course 16: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 5 Managers
-Learn how to find and hire a manager to guide your music career, and build a long-lasting artist-manager relationship.
Course 17: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 6 Marketing and Promotion
-Learn how to market and promote your music and turn music consumers into permanent fans.
Course 1: Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals
-Professional musician Julian Velard covers the basics of music theory through the lens of songwriting. Explore intervals, chord progressions, voice leading, song forms, and more.
Course 2: Music Theory for Songwriters: Harmony
-Learn music theory through the lens of songwriting. These tutorials cover the basics of harmony: minor scales, modes, 7th chords, modulations, and more.
Course 3: The Business of Songwriting: First Steps
-Get started in the business of songwriting. Learn about all of the major organizations, rights, and procedures that songwriters have to deal with in the music business.
Course 4: 20 Unofficial Rules of Songwriting
-Professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher reveals 20 unofficial songwriting rules that can make your songs more engaging and memorable.
Course 5: Write Think and Act Like a Professional Songwriter
-Want to know how to become a songwriter? Cliff Goldmacher shows what it takes to make it in the music business as a professional songwriter.
Course 6: The Dos and Don'ts of Songwriting Collaboration
-Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he explains best practices for songwriting collaboration, from planning the song promotion to keeping the co-write moving forward.
Course 7: Logic Pro X: Producing Music with Live Loops
-Learn how to produce music with the new Live Loops workflow in Logic Pro 10.5. Explore composition, sequencing, sampling, and mixing.
Course 8: Pro Tools 2021 Essential Training: 101 - The Basics
-Get up and running with Pro Tools. Learn all of the fundamentals you need to get started, from creating your first session to bouncing down a final mix.
Course 9: Learning Songwriting: Ableton Live
-Learn how to capture your musical ideas quickly and turn them into great songs with Ableton Live.
Course 10: Music Law: Copyrighting a Song
-Learn how to get and protect copyrights for your songs, and understand the critical language, concepts, and business aspects of music copyright.
Course 11: Music Law: Recording, Management, Rights, and Performance Contracts
-Learn how to understand and negotiate terms for the four major types of music business contracts: recording, management, performance, and rights agreements.
Course 12: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 1 The Big Picture
-Learn how the music industry really works. Insider Music industry insider Steve Rennie explains the business and how artists and songwriters can kick off successful music careers..
Course 13: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 2 Making Great Music
-Learn the secrets of making great music that makes its way into the hands of music biz movers and shakers.
Course 14: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 3 Treating Your Career as a Business
-Steve Rennie explains how to approach the music biz with the mindset of an entrepreneur and look at a career in music as a business.
Course 15: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 4 Building a Professional Team
-Learn about the key players you need on your team as you pursue a career in music. Discover what these music professionals do, how you find them, and when you need them.
Course 16: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 5 Managers
-Learn how to find and hire a manager to guide your music career, and build a long-lasting artist-manager relationship.
Course 17: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 6 Marketing and Promotion
-Learn how to market and promote your music and turn music consumers into permanent fans.
Courses
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Learn the secrets of making great music that makes its way into the hands of music biz movers and shakers.
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Learn how to use tried-and-true workflows for Ableton Live 11 alongside its new production tools to create music of all kinds.
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Learn how to how to compose, record, edit, and mix great sounding tracks with Logic Pro X, the flagship audio program from Apple.
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Learn music theory through the lens of songwriting. These tutorials cover the basics of harmony: minor scales, modes, 7th chords, modulations, and more.
-
Professional musician Julian Velard covers the basics of music theory through the lens of songwriting. Explore intervals, chord progressions, voice leading, song forms, and more.
-
Professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher reveals 20 unofficial songwriting rules that can make your songs more engaging and memorable.
-
Learn how the music industry really works. Insider Music industry insider Steve Rennie explains the business and how artists and songwriters can kick off successful music careers..
-
Steve Rennie explains how to approach the music biz with the mindset of an entrepreneur and look at a career in music as a business.
-
Learn about the key players you need on your team as you pursue a career in music. Discover what these music professionals do, how you find them, and when you need them.
-
Learn how to find and hire a manager to guide your music career, and build a long-lasting artist-manager relationship.
-
Learn how to market and promote your music and turn music consumers into permanent fans.
-
Learn how to get and protect copyrights for your songs, and understand the critical language, concepts, and business aspects of music copyright.
-
Learn how to understand and negotiate terms for the four major types of music business contracts: recording, management, performance, and rights agreements.
-
Get started in the business of songwriting. Learn about all of the major organizations, rights, and procedures that songwriters have to deal with in the music business.
-
Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he explains best practices for songwriting collaboration, from planning the song promotion to keeping the co-write moving forward.
-
Want to know how to become a songwriter? Cliff Goldmacher shows what it takes to make it in the music business as a professional songwriter.
-
Get up and running with Pro Tools. Learn all of the fundamentals you need to get started, from creating your first session to bouncing down a final mix.
Taught by
Julian Velard, Garrick Chow, Cliff Goldmacher, Scott Hirsch, Frank D. Cook, Yeuda Ben Atar (Side Brain), Richard Stim and Steve Rennie
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