The Craft of Songwriting (May 2025)

Taught by Laura Jean Anderson.

For songwriters who want to explore the fundamental principles of songwriting.

This class will explore some of the universally shared songwriting techniques that span across genres within the topics of form, lyrics, rhyme scheme, melody, chord progressions, rhythm, and repetition.

By studying a wide variety of great songwriters throughout history as well as contemporary writers, we’ll analyze the commonalities in their songwriting through transcription and analysis and intentionally integrate these techniques into our own songwriting practice through focused exercises – all in service of getting us closer to developing our individual voice as songwriters.

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Eight (8) 75-minute classes, twice a week. Limited enrollment.

Taught in a live, interactive classroom setting on Zoom 

Classes are recorded and sent out after class. You do not have to be able to attend every class live to sign up.

Class Dates (Pacific Time):

• Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
• Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Sign up with a friend and you’ll both receive a 20% discount! clicking here.

If after the first two classes you feel the course is not a good fit for any reason, you are welcome to a refund on the rest of the course classes.

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Laura Jean Anderson, born in Olympia, Washington and now residing in Brooklyn, is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer & music educator. She has garnered support from NPR, Bernie Sanders, Rolling Stone, Noisey, Salon, Fader, KCRW amongst others, proclaiming her music as a “Timeless sound…a mysterious conception that sounds as it’s from another era.”