Songwriting 102: Vocals, Harmony, Structure and Sound Design

Master Songwriting with Advanced Techniques for Vocals, Harmony, Chords, Sound Design, Vocal Tuning + Music Production

What you'll learn

• Learn essential and advanced songwriting techniques to build a song from scratch
• Learn about vocal arranging, including doubling, octaves, and pedal notes
• Learn about advanced harmony and chord extensions
• Learn about song arrangement and structure as we show you how we turned a vocal and chord progression into a full song
• Learn the basics of sound design and synthesis in Serum 2
• Get started with vocal tuning basics using Melodyne

Requirements

• You should have some basic songwriting knowledge or skills
• You should know the basics of how to use a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), such as Logic Pro

Description

Learn how to Improve Your Songs with our Songwriting 102 course!

This course will teach you advanced songwriting techniques to enhance your vocals, chords, harmonies, vocal tuning, sound design, music production skills, and even help you find the right vocalist.

What is this Songwriting Course all about?

In this Songwriting course, you’ll learn various techniques for songwriters and music producers to help develop new ways of writing songs or improve your existing songs.

We show you how to create a full song from scratch, including turning a basic idea into a full song and production.


In this course, we demonstrate our ideas and techniques in Logic Pro 11, but you can use the skills and techniques we teach and apply them to any pro-level digital audio workstation.

Who are Your Instructors for this Course?

Peter Darling is a Songwriting lecturer who has written songs professionally for over a decade. He also has an MA Master's Degree in Music Composition and a BA(Hons) Degree in Popular Music.

Tomas George has an MMus Master's Degree in Music Production and a BA(Hons) Degree in Music Composition. He is also the creator of some of the world's most popular music production courses, with over 375,000 students.

What You'll Learn:

• Transforming basic ideas into complete songs
• Advanced techniques for vocal harmonies
• Writing more complex chords and inversions
• How to Find Professional Singers Online to Sing Your Songs
• How to Tune Vocals with Melodyne
• Enhancing your sound design with Serum 2
• An overview of mixing your song
• And much more!

Included with the Course:

Downloadable project files and audio samples, so you can follow along and practise with the exact resources we use in the lessons.

Who this course is for:

• Songwriters who want to develop more advanced skills to improve their songs
• Music producers who want to deepen their understanding of songwriting
• Beginner to intermediate songwriters who want to learn more about songwriting and music production
• Anyone already writing songs and looking to learn more advanced tips and techniques