Ready aim Write
Brought to you by The Songwriter Workshop, the Ready Aim Write songwriting Course is actually:
8 Courses bundled into one Masterclass:
Writing Songs to a Target Audience.
R.A.W is not merely a collection of lessons on songwriting; it is a proven framework that streamlines your songwriting process while also focusing your creativity towards the specific audience you are hoping to reach. With this method, you will learn how to harness your inspiration and channel it into your craft. I will teach you how to write with authority and confidence, enabling you to produce songs that not only resonate with your audience but also ensure that your unique voice is heard amidst the noise of an overcrowded market.
I have licensed hundreds of my songs for feature films and television shows:
Demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach. With 16 solo albums and with many of my songs covered by other artists, my music has not only reached listeners across the globe, but it has also established me as a credible force in the industry.
By incorporating the R.A.W method into your own unique songwriting practice, you are giving yourself every chance to excel and succeed as a songwriter in this competitive industry. Join me on this exciting journey, and let’s work together to transform your artistry with R.A.W: Ready Aim Write – the essential key to breaking through as an independent songwriter.
Watch this short video for a Synopsis of all the courses within this bundle and, the reasons why R.A.W might just be the Songwriting Course that you need.You’ll Learn How To:
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Overcome writer’s block and become a miner of inspiration.
Write every song with purpose and authority.
Recognize and develop your unique songwriter’s voice.
Write in different song Styles & Genre’s for different audiences.
Move out of obscurity to become a sort after songwriter and collaborator.
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Adopt a hit songwriter’s process.
Learn how to respond to the needs of music markets and audiences with a song.
Move away from emotional writing to purpose driven writing.
Think like a music publisher and act like a music producer.
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Use your life purpose to empower your songwriting.
Incorporate high level visualization techniques into your writing process.
Use Form & Structure to Target an audience.
Capture the heart and soul of your audiences with a song.
Write focused, catchy songs that people never forget.
It Starts with a Song
What if I told you…
that all you needed was one song, one small local audience and a shared interest?Sounds too good to be true, right?
Check out this short video and decide for yourself.
8 Courses in One Bundle
Managing Your Inspiration
This course challenges the perception that inspiration is hard to find and, that it only falls by chance like a bolt of lightening. I'll teach you how to overcome the common fears and inhibitions associated with songwriting and performing. You'll develop a new skill as a miner of inspiration and, with some practice, put aside the notion of writer's block and become a prolific songwriter.
The End in Mind
Visualization is a skill used by many successful sports and business people, to see in their mind's eye 'where the ball will land before they hit it.' But we can also utilize our ear and imagination to 'hear' the sound of a song before we start writing it. This process of hearing The End in Mind is used by the elite songwriters working today but I can teach you how to develop that skill too.
Writing With Purpose
Do you lose interest in your song ideas or, have difficulty in finishing them? The most common cause for this is a lack of a defined purpose. If your song lacks purpose (a good reason to write it) and, is only fueled by feelings or emotions, you'll only write when you feel like it. This course will help you identify purposes that inspire you to write songs both you and your target audience will love and appreciate.
Developing a singular theme
A hit song has a singular theme running through it, which makes it easier for audiences to embrace and understand what the song is about. Many up and coming songwriters struggle to understand this... and thus have multiple or unfocused themes running through their songs. Let me show you how to develop one theme per song. You'll discover a new authority in your songwriting.
Focusing on your target
Most people make the mistake of trying to write a song for everybody making the song too general or unspecific to be a hit. I’ll teach how to identify the core needs and desires of your target audience and, show you how to shape your songs so that the audience will embrace them as their own. When a song finds a home with one audience, word gets around and soon other audiences are discovering your song too.
Become a Master of Style & Genre
Did you know that Song Style and Song Genre are two different things? And, that one style of Song can be written in many different Genres? In this course I can help you identify your own unique ‘voice’ as a songwriter. I’ll break down each Song Style for you and show how hit songwriters use them to target their audience. You’ll then have better understanding of how the labels and publishers categorize songs and, you will learn how to broaden your own scope of songwriting, to target different audiences, markets, labels, publishers and recording artists.
Form & Structure
The Building Blocks of a Hit Song
Learn how to become a Song Mechanic, so that you can identify why some songs are more successful than others (and why some are not) and, how you can use all of that information and song data to increase your chances of success within your targeted audiences and markets.
Tone & Context
The Missing Ingredients
The 5% difference maker and, one of the reasons why hit songwriters like Dylan, Sting, Beyoncé, Prince, Stevie Wonder and others, are so successful. Because, when they write a song, they shape the tone of the lyric, the melody and the beats to make their target audiences feel like the songs were written was just for them. Let me show you how to write songs like that too.
It’s Been So Long Since I wrote a song
without using this process
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A Masterclass for anyone aspiring to learn the craft and work practices of a pro-songwriter. Get anytime access to this bundle of 8 Courses: Managing Your Inspiration, The End in Mind, Writing with Purpose, Developing a Singular Theme, Focusing on Your Target, Becoming a Master of Style & Genre, Form & Structure: The Building Blocks of a Hit Song, Tone & Context: The Missing Ingredients.
What people are saying
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"When I saw how fearless you were in re-working your own songs, it gave me permission to think bigger. It's been so freeing. Thanks too for the feedback and encouragement."
Josh Emick
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“What a Journey!!! Before The Songwriter Workshop I could barely scratch out a lyric. I have now written and recorded over 50 songs!”
Zorin Morris
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"Thank you so much for your insight on all fronts. I can’t tell you how encouraging it is has been to hear positive things coming from you about my songs."
Ashton Toland
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“You really have done an amazing job co-writing and producing this song with me. Every time I listen to it I have tears in my eyes. Thank you my friend”
Kevin Walt
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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If you are:
* a beginner or
* a complete songwriting novice
* Or you have yet to write a song
* And just want basic songwriting lessons
Then these courses are probably not for you.However
* If you have been writing songs for a while
* If you are frustrated at the lack of interest in your songs
* If you have a talent but lack skill or a process for songwriting
* If you have a keen interest in becoming a better songwriter
* If you have some experience writing lyrics
* Or if you are comfortable making melodies or beats
* If you have a home studio and want to learn how to produce music
* If you want to learn how to write songs for specific audiences
* If you have a dream or desire to make a living as a songwriter
* If you’d like to learn the songwriting process of a proThen these courses might just be right for you.
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Each course is designed as self-paced, meaning that each student works through the lessons in their own time.
Each lesson features a video and/or text to introduce the concept with accompanying exercises, worksheets or homework. Plus, I provide lots of examples to study and links to other resources and industry information.
The end goal is to equip each student with the tools to develop their own pro-songwriting process.
I do suggest however that each student be patient and or repeat any lesson as many times as needs be… before moving onto the next lesson or Course.
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Yes I do. Take a look at the Mentor Sessions page and if this is something of interest to you, Book a Session and we will coordinate a time that works for us both.
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I run all my business through my company, Sounds Dangerous and use the DBA of The Songwriter Workshop for the courses or workshops.
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If you don’t understand anything, or you find a broken link or need help, I have added a Help Button at the end of the course. Just scroll down click that button and send me an email. Someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
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The short answer: No.
The longer answer: As the production of the courses are labor intensive and, because the nature of the courses are quite unique, we feel that the current prices are fair and reasonable. Where possible, we will free up certain lessons to offer as previews of what the courses are about and, will endeavor to supply the Membership platform with ‘free to air’ lessons for all of our subscribers.