![]() I’ve delivered songwriting courses at degree level but don’t think it’s my forte really. I did often cross over into top line territory as I progressed and got more confident. It’s not often the top line writer would worry about the reverb on the snare drum or how fast the leslie is spinning! I was predominately a backing track writer, the person who wrote all the music and programmed the beats. ![]() A lot of the time the track writer would cross over into top line territory and contribute lyrical and melodic ideas and the top line writer would sometimes have a say on how the chords went. Their job is to take care of the melody and lyrics. In pop music, most of the time a song is written with two writers – a backing track writer who would normally start with the chords, put in a bass and build the track up around that. For more information check out this article too. At the end of the course, you even get to co-write a song which will be pitched to major labels and publishers globally. We now have a hit songwriting course at GSS which is designed to show you how hit songs are really written, from basic music theory to melody and lyric writing, idea generation and quality control, all delivered by a Number 1 hit songwriter with records sales topping 5 million. No two songs are written exactly the same way but most of the time they are written in a similar way. Although I have delivered songwriting courses at degree level, songwriting was never my forte and I am certainly not the songwriting instructor here at GSS, but I am going to give you a little insight into my experience and the course. ![]() My name is Dave and I run the school and write this blog. In this article I am going to tell you little bit about my experiences writing songs during my time signed to Universal Music as a songwriter. Have you ever wondered how to write a song with good lyrics and a good melody? I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the most successful songwriters in the world including Cathy Dennis, Wayne Hector, Alex Von Soos, and as an engineer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Which comes first, the lyrics or the music? Writing a song is easy but writing a great song isn’t.
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