Basics of Songwriting Udemy Class withDanny Hauger

Outline

• Beginner Guitarists can write amazing songs! Most of your favorite songs and bands use 3-5 common chords, and writing doesn't have to come years after you start playing. Start writing songs today!

• What this course is: 5 methods of writing songs for beginners with examples, and processes to get you started in 30 minutes!

Highlights [5 Styles of Quick Songwriting]:

• Style 1: What are you humming while you play? [6:05] Live songwriting session demo

• Style 2: Chords First [18:20]

• Style 3: Lyrics first approach ("The Thinnest Moon") [22:49]

• Style 4: Writing in the Style of Your Favorite Artists

• Style 5: Modifying something you love (Homage)

• Finding Your Own Voice and Style

• What this course is not: music theory, notation, chord instruction.

• What will you get from this course?

  • 5 Valuable Frameworks for Songwriting to Start Out

  • Modifying Popular Chords

  • Failing forward

  • 12-bar blues

  • Pausing and writing

  • How to organize your songwriting

  • Watching the songwriting process happen in real-time with no editing

  • Ideas for how songs can begin

  • Off-ramps for pausing the video and inspire you to start writing and following the 5 methods of songwriting that are presented

  • How starting a song podcast can connect you to other people who may love your music

  • An invitation to send me your music for constructive feedback

  • An explanation of why recording your process can be valuable to you

  • A positive feeling from a successful, frequent, songwriting professional, who (while is not famous or rich) has connected his songs to other people’s video games, films, projects, videos, and social media

• This class will provide one succinct video lesson containing resources, techniques, and frameworks for thinking freely, and getting excited about pausing my video and start writing for yourself.

I advise practicing major and minor chords, as a prerequisite for taking this class.