SONGWRITING BASICS

A fully on-demand course in songwriting specifically designed for the music educator

Songwriting Basics, our signature course, is a one of a kind online and on-demand course. This means you move through it all on your own time - pause at any time and come back! It is designed to empower music educators to not only write their own songs and explore their creativity, but also to empower them to help their students engage in the craft of songwriting.

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Meet Kat Reinhert & Sarah Gulish, the creators of Songwriting for Music Educators!

Music Educators generally haven’t had access to a songwriting course designed for their specific needs - and due to the traditional nature of pre-service training, haven’t had access to spaces where songwriting is being taught.

This course is for you if:

Your training never prepared you for being creative in this way
You want to feel confident in writing songs
You don’t know how to get started in songwriting
You need new ideas for inspiring yourself and others to write
You’re afraid that when you do write a song you will be terrible at it
You struggle to understand why you need to be able to write songs to help others write their own songs

You teach music in any context (general, private, voice, instrumental) and are interested in knowing more about songwriting
You’ve written a few songs but want some more ideas about songwriting and how to engage students in writing songs
You’re ready to explore your personal musicianship
You’re unsure about how to create engaging lesson plans in songwriting
You think songwriting is hard

Highly recommend taking "Songwriting Basics" with Kat and Sarah! Kat and Sarah share tangible tips to songwriting that are approachable, accessible, and achievable! Engaging in their exciting, innovative activities and exercises have given me many ideas to personally use as a musician, and also share in my music classroom with my students. I also plan to regularly revisit and engage in the activities shared as I continue my own songwriting journey! So grateful to Kat and Sarah for their affirming, helpful, and joyful selves as songwriters!

By the end of the course you will have:

A Plan

Create a plan for your personal songwriting growth as well as your students' exploration

Confidence

Gain confidence in your songwriting abilities so you can share that knowledge with your students

Resources

Receive a full book, lesson planning strategies, worksheets and assessments you can use with your students

Inspiration

Feel inspired to go on your own songwriting journey as well as help your students discover their creative paths

Creative Mojo

Learn strategies in how to beat the overwhelm of the creative process even when you're extremely busy

Knowledge

Gain knowledge to help your craft flourish and to help your students develop their creative habits and explore myriad ways to write songs

But most importantly, you'll feel empowered to create and write songs for yourself and with your students!

Thanks to the incredibly engaging, safe, and encouraging environment/culture that is set up in this class, I was able to grow as a musician, singer, consumer of music, and teacher. Prior to this class, my musicianship identity did not include songwriter and now I can PROUDLY state that I AM A SONGWRITER!!! :-)

Chelsea, 9-12 Teacher

This course is exactly what I've been looking for!

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Course Overview

10 Modules

A Creative Practice

What is a Song

Form & Categories

Lyrics

Melody

Harmony

Rhythm

Pitch-Based Writing

Assessment

Future Work

Features

Flexible instruction: work on your own in your own time

Multimedia presentation with multiple modes of learning

Lesson planning strategies and templates to use with your specific students in mind

Quick and informative lessons you can do almost anytime

Tools and ideas you can use well beyond the course

Access to experts with time tested results

What's Included with the Course?

Songwriting for Music Educators Book
Course Workbook
Individual Module Assessments
Lesson Planning Strategies
Access to Private FB Group
Professional Development Credits

I cannot speak highly enough of the creativity, musicianship, and organization that flows from this course and the instructors, Kat and Sarah. As someone who has never studied songwriting in my formal music training, I have felt overwhelmed in going about this within my own classroom. This course helped me to gain confidence not only in my own songwriting abilities, but also in my ability to guide students on their songwriting journey. I know it will help you, too!

Hannah, secondary school teacher

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Do I have to take this course at a specific time and date?

Do you have to know a lot of music theory to take this course?

Is this course only for music educators?

Can I receive professional development credit for this course?

Do you need to know how to work in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?

Do you have to have written any songs to take this course?

What if I've written some songs before - will I get anything from this?

Like many people, I wrote songs when I was younger but never had any guidance or structure. Somewhere along the way I got the idea that I wasn't skilled enough to continue songwriting. This course allowed me to create in a safe space, gave excellent prompts, and encouraged me to complete songs that might otherwise remain unfinished in a notebook. I feel more confident and excited to continue my songwriting journey!

Matthew, College Professor, Performing Tours Specialist