Songwriting with Juan Wauters

You'll be able to find homework assignments and recordings below. If you have any questions, email us at hi@schoolofsong.org.

Please note: for each class day, the morning and evening lectures are the same educational content. During our live sessions, Juan delivered the lecture live at two different times to accommodate students in different time zones. There's no need to watch both the morning and evening versions, but please note that the Q&As at the end of every lecture session will be different based on the students who attended live.

Week 1: An Invitation to Create & Habit Freestyle

Week 2: Exploring Folklore in Music

Week 3: The Calling, The Habit, & Personal Voice

Week 4: Stealing & Studying

Discord

Create an account on our Discord server. This is where you’ll be able to communicate with your fellow classmates. You can access the server via Discord's iOS, Android, Desktop or web apps. Note: if you try to join the discord server and it says the link has expired, try using a different device or browser. The link never expires.

We’ve made a comprehensive Discord tutorial here. It goes over making an account, joining the SOS server, a tour of the SOS server, an explanation of regional chats, how to join private class categories/channels, and how to change notifications.

Follow the instructions on the #enter-password channel to gain access to this class's workshop private category. The password to send to password-bot is wauters.

Community Jukebox

Join our song submission page (the “jukebox”) by clicking this link (passcode: 'archive', all lower case, no quotes). Here you will be able to submit your songs as you complete the homework.

To hear and comment on songs submitted to the class during its live sessions in February 2025, click this link (passcode: 'wauters', all lower case, no quotes).

Please watch our tutorial on how to use the site. The tutorial goes over how to upload songs, listen to other students' songs, and make a 'favorites' playlist.

After you have joined via the above link, you can just access the site via the URL: songs.schoolofsong.org.