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.
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
Learn how to identify your own natural songwriting Style(s), gain an appreciation of how the industry categorizes song styles and genres and, learn how to broaden your 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 songs 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 Ingredience
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.
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A course for the songwriter 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. If you subscribe to the Newsletter, you’ll receive notification of any free lessons and sneak previews of new music each month. However to access the lessons you need to subscribe to The Rehearsal Room. This is also free.
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The courses like R.A.W have a paywall and thus cannot be accessed without making a purchase. The membership page also requires a subscription however it is free. Note, if you want to access both the paid courses and the free membership lessons you have to create an account on both pages however you can use the same login information. Unfortunately this a Squarespace issue for now. I hope this issue can be resolved soon.
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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.
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We do have other songwriting courses in development but for now, you might find the free lessons in The Rehearsal Room of some value. All you have to is Subscribe.