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Songwriting: Write Top Lines with Captivating Lyrics and Catchy Melodies

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About Songwriting: Write Top Lines with Captivating Lyrics and Catchy Melodies

Introduction

What Is Toplining

Finding A Track

Research

Creating An Image

Finding The Title

Creating A Roadmap

Creating The Story

Writing The Melody

Writing The Lyrics

Recording

Submitting

What You Will Learn?

  • Toplining is the music industry's most desirable skill. Everybody knows someone who can play the guitar and sing a song, but not many people know somone who can write captivating lyrics and catchy melodies. It's a skill that most people think "can't be taught", and with this course, I aim to challenge that belief..
  • What You Will Learn.
  • "What makes this course different from other courses?".
  • Most other songwriting courses focus on writing "traditional" songs - often using a keyboard or a guitar for accompaniment..
  • However, an increasing number of tracks that are released these days are not written like this. Instead, the tracks are first produced (without any vocals), and then a professional 'topliner' is hired to provide the melody and lyrics..
  • Writing this way is very different from writing with an instrument, and therefore requires a different skill set. This course is designed to teach you how to write as a topliner, not as a traditional songwriter..
  • I'll show you every step involved in the toplining process, from finding tracks to write to, all the way up to submitting your track to the producer / publisher. This is the exact same method that myself and countless other writers use every day in order to write commercial songs which artists WANT to release. Following these steps has allowed me to have records released with artists all over the world, receiving millions of streams online..
  • Who This Class Is For.
  • You don't need to be able to sing like Aretha Franklin or play the keys like Stevie Wonder to take this course. I know numerous professional topliners who are terrible singers (and even worse at playing an instrument!)..
  • Toplining is all about creativity. It's about experimenting with ideas, learning the basics of "songcraft", and combining the two to make a unique song you and your audience will love..
  • As such, this course is aimed towards three types of people:.
  • Materials & Resources.
  • This course is taught in a series of videos, roughly 5-10 minutes each..