INFO
6 Workshops (Bi-Monthly) - Starting April 22nd 2024.
Each session is 90 minutes long and will include exploring a songwriting related topic and will also include group work and individual creative writing. You will be set tasks in each session and there will be opportunities to showcase your work and receive feedback.
During the course you have access to 6 x 30 mins one-to-one sessions with me, where we can work individually on your own material or expand on the content of the program.
You also have access to regular check-ins with me via text and voice memos once a week.
The workshops will be recorded and you will have access to this material as well.
PRICING
Original Price: 360€ (120€ pr month)
Earlybird: 285€ (95€ pr month) until March 31st.
During the course you’ll have the option of booking in extra sessions for 30€ pr hr (normally 60€).
Maximum of 12 participants, first come first served.
CONTENT
Session 1 - 22.04.2024
How to overcome writer’s block using Prompts and Speedwriting.
I think every songwriter knows the feeling of being stuck or maybe you even have trouble getting started in the first place?
In this session we will explore some tools to get you going and actually start to have some fun writing songs!
Session 2 - 06.05.2024
Chord Patterns - Genre, Analysis and Chord Prompts.
Some singers struggle with chords and the theory behind them. Which chord goes together with what and how much do I have to know about this before I can start creating?
We’ll take the fear and loathing out of chords altogether and explore how we can use certain types of chords to give us the feel we’re after. I will show you a bunch of progressions from my own favourite songs and show you how you can begin analyzing your own reference material.
Session 3 - 20.05.2024
Real World Problems - Q and A and sharing obstacles and progress.
At this point in the course, we take a little breather from theory and songwriting exercises and have a talk about the ups and downs of our own careers and lives as singers and songwriters.
This is a forum where everybody will have the option of sharing and I will also share my own story of being under immense pressure from major record labels and managers, and explain how I finally learned to enjoy the process of creation and all the bumps I had on the way there.
Session 4 - 03.06.2024
Lyric Writing Tactics.
Lyrics. Sometimes they come easy, but mostly we sit and sweat for hours, days, months or even years in some cases, trying to make them as good as they can possibly be.
We will explore a bunch of different lyric writing exercises and approaches and talk about ways to improve as storytellers.
Session 5 - 17.06.2024
Using Contrast in Songwriting.
This is one of my favourite subjects to talk about when it comes to songwriting. It’s the foundation of what we do as songwriters after we have the initial idea. It’s the key to getting unstuck when you don’t know what to write next and the definition of a good C part.
I will show you a bunch of examples on how the masters use contrast in some of the greatest songs ever recorded and we’ll dive in to some exercises, where we explore this concept in more detail.
Session 6 - 01.07.2024
Songwriting Workflow Strategies.
In this last session, it’s important for me that you get a good idea on how to keep improving as songwriter and what practices to focus on going forward.
We will do some more personal exercises related to workflow and your individual artistic identity. We will make sure that you’ll show up for yourself and take action on your musical dreams and ambitions whether you get struck by divine inspiration or not.
WHO IS TEACHING THIS COURSE?
I have have been a successful professional songwriter and artist throughout most of the 10’s in my own bands The White Album and The Eclectic Moniker and have also toured and played with Poul Krebs, Søs Fenger and Dicte among others. I have many years of teaching experience behind me from intermediate to the highest level in Denmark, where I’ve taught songwriting and music students at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Conservatory, Aalborg Musikkonservatorium, a handful of MGk’s plus Den Rytmiske Højskole and Engelsholm Højskole.
In my twenties while studying electric guitar at Carl Nielsen Academy og Music (2003-2008), I taught guitar, band and theory at different music schools and MGk’s in Denmark.
I have also worked as guitar teacher in Germany, where I’m currently employed as part time music teacher at the Scandinavian School in Berlin.
Since around 2017 I have owned my own studio, that have gone through several relocations, where I’ve worked with other artists as a songwriter, music producer and mixing engineer.
I’m also a life long student of music myself and never seem to get tired of exploring the intricate mysteries and inner workings of music itself and the workflow related to the making of it.