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Learn the art of crafting captivating lyrics and melodic hooks in Los Angeles' songwriting classes, where participants can explore various techniques and styles to create their own unique compositions.

Unfortunately, no classes in-person in Los Angeles have spots left, but 2 classes live online are available.

Songwriting Level 1: 10 Week Workshop (Online)

Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference

Unleash the power of your music with Gotham Writers Workshop's Songwriting Level 1. Learn the time-tested elements of songwriting craft and how to market your work. Whether you love pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, or country, this workshop will show you how to write unique, personal songs.

(745) Beginner 18 and older
$464

10 sessions

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Songwriting with Isto

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ Virtual Classroom

Each week, we will discuss some different aspects of songwriting (both in terms of lyrics and music). Students will be given songwriting assignments, and the following week we will go over what people have come up with, and discuss some new ideas. People who didn't take the first songwriting class are welcome to sign up as long as they have already written at least one song and are ready to write more. These classes will be held on Zoom. This class...

(41) All levels 15 and older
$275

8 sessions

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Songwriting Workshop

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn what it takes to write a hit song. Learn what the hit-makers know. In this class, student will be taught the structure, craft, and art of successful songwriting. 

(782) All levels 18 and older
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$59

4 sessions

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Song Performance Workshop

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn live performance skills and showcase your music with whatever instrument you're learning. Students can practice accompanying themselves and performing for the class to gain insight and experience. Original performance showcase on campus at the conclusion of the class for students who want to participate.

(782) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$59

4 sessions

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Songwriting Essentials

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn how lyrics, chords and melody combine to create a good song. Examples from a variety of popular genres will be studied and students will write and perform original tunes in class. There will be an optional performance night at the end of the course at a local music venue to showcase student’s songs.

(782) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$65

5 sessions

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Young Artist - The Roots Foundational Songwriting

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles

We are proud to again offer a YOUNG ARTISTS section of THE ROOTS, our foundational course for songwriting study. The Roots class has helped some write their first songs while other class alums have included multiple Grammy Nominees, current and former Major Label talent, working actors and screenwriters, and so much more. In this positive, passionate, respectful setting, young songwriters and artists aged 12-18 will gain the foundational skills for...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Summer Intensive: Foundational Course for Song Study

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles

Graduates of this class have ranged from first-time writers to singers, to guitarists, to actors, to non-musicians, to signed artists, to a multi-platinum artist, to a Grammy- and Oscar-nominated songwriter and even a current Grammy-nominated artist on this year's ballot(!)...and all points in between. This is a positive, inspiring environment in which writers of all genres and experience levels work to write the songs that matter.

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Logic Pro X Levels 1 & 2

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

You can record real singers and players, use a wide array of software instruments, utilize a large library of Apple Loops, and mix with an excellent palette of EQs, compressors, reverbs, delays, guitar amp and stomp box simulations, etc. Not to mention LPX’s fantastic and further updated Flex audio that allows you to change the tempos of recorded audio in real time. This curriculum was built specifically with songwriters in mind, prioritizing...

(2) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$450

6 sessions

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Signature Songs: Write, Sing & Showcase your Essence

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Signature Songs communicate your unique vision, message, and identity as an artist to the world. You need clarity of purpose to craft them memorably. Precision of intent to record them artistically. And an intimate understanding of self, material, and performance to showcase them powerfully. In this eight week Artist Development program, singer, songwriter, and vocal coach Bob Garrett explores all the aspects of how to turn your singer-songwriting...

(2) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499

8 sessions

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The Masters' Workshop: Weekly Feedback

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Registration for The Masters' Workshop, a Weekly Song Feedback Room run by 3 Master Songwriters.  The Masters' Workshop meets 9 Tuesday nights, 7:30-10pm & starts for the FALL 10/7/14. Members present songs or songs-in-progress for feedback from the Master or Masters in the room that night and from fellow members of the group. Your ambition should be to "be a benefit to and benefit from the room." We believe that workshop settings are essential...

(2) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$399

8 sessions

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The Songwriter's Workshop

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles

This audition-only, peer-driven song feedback setting ran in the Spring 2017 with Dillon O'Brian (Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jann Arden, Sons of Anarchy, etc.) conducting this audition-only song feedback room. This was Dillon's last time running the Workshop in 2017! The Songwriter's Workshop affords that rare opportunity of personal and intellectual enrichment, concrete feedback, and genuine...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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How to Write & Pitch Country Songs

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles

Multi-Platinum selling songwriter & class instructor Kevin Fisher observes, "At its heart, country music is about the human condition. It’s about our highs and lows, our struggle between the spirit and the flesh; it’s about love and leaving, fun and family, beer and tequila." Starting with the premise of “write what you know,” we’ll write a new song every week for six weeks in various sub genres of country music: Traditional, Bro Country,...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Lyrics with Phil Cody, #1 Writer & 2-Time ASCAP Award

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Audition-only lyric writing clinic with a word doctor of renown: Phil Cody is a 2-Time ASCAP Song of the Year Lyricist and #1 Hit Songwriter. In this unique, interactive class, he will diagnose and treat what ails your lyrics. And he will give you the awareness, understanding, concepts, and skills to write healthy, vital lyrics in the songs to come. Class format: After an introductory lesson in which Mr. Cody lays out a number of concepts for effective...

(2) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499
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Songmakers: Beyond the Roots

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Songmakers is a class exclusively for graduates of The Roots songwriting program. The class strikes a vital balance between providing an ongoing curriculum of growth for the writers and weekly workshopping opportunities to gain feedback on songs and songs-in-progress. Exercises range from idea-generation to lyric development, from hook-writing to song structure analysis, from speed-based drills to ongoing projects, all in the spirit of helping...

(2) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499

10 sessions

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Writing Commercial Hit Lyrics

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Course Eligibility:  Open to lyricists and songwriters of all abilities.  You are likely to get the most out of the class if you have already taken THE ROOTS, our foundational course for song study, but this is not a requirement.

(2) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499

8 sessions

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Guitar for Songwriters, Level 1

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Have you owned a guitar for years but have only a passing acquaintance with it?  Maybe you learned a few chords but never went forward?  Or perhaps you have just started to teach yourself and would like the guidance of a gifted teacher and the encouragement and inspiration of a group setting? Don't just learn guitar. Learn to play guitar in the context of the songs you love and the songs you'll write. Enter Guitar for Songwriters, Levels...

(2) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$299

6 sessions

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Piano for Songwriters, Level 2

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Learn to play Piano as a Songwriter from a respected piano teacher who is also an accomplished songwriter and an instructor in composition and music theory. Learn chord theory, harmony/melody relationships, voicing, accompaniment and arrangement, and more. What's the difference between getting piano lessons and Piano for Songwriters? don't simply learn to play the instrument, learn from the perspective of the instrument as a tool for the songwriter--in...

(2) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$299

6 sessions

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Co-Writing Songs: The Art & Business of Collaboration

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

This hands-on class will teach you the artistry and business of co-writing in a professional, real-world setting. Under the tutelage of former Motown Staff Writer Alan Roy Scott, this "sandbox" of a class fosters learning by doing. After the first hour's conversation on various real-world aspects of the business of collaboration, the last part of class involves writing on a different assignment with different collaborators, each week. In the Final...

(2) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$299

6 sessions

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Piano for Songwriters, Level 1

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles @ 4001 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA

Learn to play Piano as a Songwriter from a respected piano teacher who is also an accomplished songwriter and an instructor in composition and music theory. Learn chord theory, harmony/melody relationships, voicing, accompaniment and arrangement, and more. What's the difference between getting piano lessons and Piano for Songwriters? don't simply learn to play the instrument, learn from the perspective of the instrument as a tool for the songwriter--in...

(2) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$299

6 sessions

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Advance Level Writing Commercial Hit Lyrics

The Songwriting School of Los Angeles

This is an ADVANCED version of his class for GRADUATES OF MARK WINKLER'S Writing Commercial Hit Lyrics class, as well as more experienced lyricists and songwriters. Mark Winkler has been teaching a much-respected lyric writing class at UCLA Extension for 8 years. He uses a series of essential principles, his "Top Ten Tips for Successful Commercial Lyrics," has a series of actionable exercises, and holds students accountable for their work in an...

(2) Advanced 18 and older
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Reviews for Song Writing Classes in Los Angeles

Song Writing Classes in Los Angeles are rated 4.4 stars based on 1,570 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

  • Songwriting Level 1: 10 Week Workshop (Online)

    Reviewed by pamela l. on 6/22/2018
    The atmosphere of this class was very supportive. Everyone there wanted to learn something and share projects and assignments that we were asked to do on a weekly basis. The teacher was very knowledgeable, a total pro. He had an easy-going, approachable style of teaching which was appreciated by all.
  • Songwriting Level 1: 10 Week Workshop (Online)

    Anonymous review on 12/8/2017
    Hands down the best class I've ever taken. Jody Gray created a wonderfully talented, supportive community. The entirety of class time was spent effectively each week, through analyzing examples and discussing technique, among other things. Jody was very knowledgable and prepared to answer any questions. Listening to student's work every week was inspirational and motivational, and sharing your own work was safe in the classroom. I'll be taking level 2 with Jody next semester.
  • Songwriting Level 1: 10 Week Workshop (Online)

    Anonymous review on 12/7/2017
    I loved coming here every week. The class has people of all levels who are pure beginners or have always been writers. Listening to people’s work every week was inspiring and very effective in getting you to break through in your own writing. Jody is wonderful and the people were wonderfully kind and talented. I will be doing Songwriting II.

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