Online Songwriting Courses

Yes, you’ll be guided through the songwriting process and encouraged to write your own material. You’ll also undertake ‘writing activities’, where you’ll be encouraged to try your hand at professional real-world songwriting briefs.

This course provides you with a solid foundation so you can embark upon your songwriting journey. We recommend you begin here, unless you’re already an experienced writer with at least ten or more songs under your belt. Having mastered Songwriting: The Basics, you can then progress onto our other songwriting courses, which are for intermediate-level songwriters.

Yes, lyric writing is an integral part of songwriting and features prominently in this course. If you’d like to progress your lyric writing skills at the end of this course, you might like to consider taking our Lyric Writing course where you’ll explore the craft of lyric development in more detail.

Song content includes all the features that make up a song – like lyrics, meaning, harmony, melody, structure, instrumentation and more. In this course, you’ll explore case studies of the main musical genres and discover how various features are showcased across a particular songwriting style.

While anyone can take this course and gain valuable insights about genres and Songwriting techniques, the case studies and research you’ll cover will be most useful if you’ve already begun exploring your personal Songwriting identity. So it may best suit intermediate-level songwriters who are curious about unique ways to approach Songwriting and keen to experiment with new writing styles… although all songwriters are welcome.

We recommend you take this after completing our Songwriting: The Basics and Songwriting: The Creative Process courses. If you’d like to advance your long-term Songwriting journey, why not purchase all courses together as a Songwriting bundle?

Like any writing task, songwriting requires creativity and self expression. While this may come easy to some, creativity is a skill that can be enhanced. You’ll look at creativity as a concept in this course, before focusing on how to apply good creative practices to your own songwriting. From idea generation and breaking out of your musical comfort zone, to exploring deeper topics in your writing, all are necessary if you want to become a highly skilled creative songwriter.

Yes. You’ll be encouraged to explore concepts and practices in your own writing sessions, so you can expect plenty of opportunities to write to brief, plus many other creative songwriting activities.

Expect something highly engaging! Elevate courses are packed full of interactive learning elements. You’ll have access to video and written lessons, and will use diagrams, case studies and insider hints and tips in your studies. Once you’ve completed an Elevate course, you’ll have lifetime access to all information shared, meaning you can revisit your course materials whenever you like.