How to Write a Great Song in UNDER AN HOUR

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In this video, I show you a 5-step process to write better songs, faster — and demonstrate through actually writing a brand new song, with the timer ticking! The goal is to get a great first draft - one that is a full song, start to finish.

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ABOUT KEPPIE

Hi I'm Keppie! I'm a professional songwriter, and songwriting teacher. I've been teaching song and lyric writing for over 10 years now for some of the best contemporary music colleges in the world— Berklee Online, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's Open Academy, as well as for the Australian College of the Arts. At other times, I've taught for the Australian Institute of Music, as well as the LA School of Songwriting.

My goal is to help people write better songs! My experience in the classroom, with thousands of students at this point (many going on to find careers and success in music), is that your songwriting, like all things, can get better with meaningful, deliberate practice. My intention is to share the skills, knowledge, information, and ideas that I've gathered with anyone who wants to improve their songwriting.

Keppie's music is here:
https://www.keppiecouttsmusic.com/music

ABOUT BENNY

Hi I'm Benny. My passion for music and creativity stretches across multiple disciplines and art-forms. I am a founding member and songwriter / lap-slide guitarist for one of Australia's best and most bearded country-bluegrass-folk bands, THE GREEN MOHAIR SUITS. To date the Mohairs have released 4 full-length albums and tour both nationally and overseas.

I am also the Founder and Head Producer of SILAMOR STUDIOS, a boutique studio specialising in Composition for Film, TV and Interactive Media. I write extensively across various instrumental and lyric-based genres and has been commissioned for major projects by Adobe, Cathay Pacific and Audible. I currently release original songs under the name SILAMOR.

I am also passionate about education and have taught song and lyric writing as well as film composition for JMC Academy, Collarts and the Australian Institute of Music. I design and regularly facilitate workshops on creative process and innovation.

Links to Bennny's music are here:

The Green Mohair Suits
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7M3Zf...

SILAMOR
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5HOpa...
http://www.silamor.com/music

Work Flow Audio:

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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Step 1 - Start With a Title
01:34 Step 2 - Pick a Song Form
02:07 Step 3 - Write the Chorus
04:22 Step 4 - Create a Song Map
06:29 Step 5 - Write the Verses
07:52 The Full Song