MUSC 340 - Songwriting Seminar

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SP, alternate years. A course exploring the craft of popular song writing in a seminar context where students both study existing songs and create new songs of their own. In addition to learning techniques related to writing and analyzing lyrics, melodies, chords, and arrangements, students will learn practical skills related to the industry, such as collaboration, writing lead sheets, copywriting creative work, and using tools and technology relevant to song writing. By the end of the semester each student will create a demo of at least one song they have written. Prerequisite: MUSC 100 or permission of the instructor.