Essentials In Songwriting is a 4 week online worship course (6 hours/week) that focuses on the craft of songwriting for worship. Dig into the creative process from inspiration to completion. LIVE GUESTS: PAUL BALOCHE, ANDY PARK.

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In ESSENTIALS IN SONGWRITING, you’ll explore the foundational skills and tools that strengthen you as a songwriter. Songwriting is all about digging into the heart of the creative process, taking a song from the early stages of inspiration all the way to the final stages of completion and usage. Participants will write and craft a song based on input from the course leader, peers and DVDs such as Songwriting For Worship (Dan Wilt, Matt Redman, Brenton Brown, Kathryn Scott, Brian Doerksen, Andy Park, Tim Hughes), Worship Songwriting (Brian Doerksen) and Paul Baloche’s God Songs. Those taking the course for university credit will also use Sheila Davis’ The Craft Of Lyric Writing.

Meant to be enhanced by Essentials Blue, Red and Green, Songwriting is a powerful entry into the craft of writing, and delivers to the participant a tried and true process for crafting powerful, vital songs for worship or performance.

In Essentials Songwriting, you will craft a song from beginning to completion, with training via DVD and online media. Students have selected readings and media to get familiar with each week, and then post/interact on a weekly discussion question as a community.

At the end, the Creative Project is a song, honed throughout our online studies together, which gets posted to our Creative Commons for others to use, comment on and encourage you.

Schedule:

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May 14 – June 11, 2010 (Register by May 7) :: Sept. 10 – Oct. 8, 2010

WEEK 1: Essentials In Songwriting: It All Begins With An Idea

WEEK 2: Essentials In Songwriting: From Idea To Song

WEEK 3: Essentials In Songwriting: From Song To Rewrite

WEEK 4: Essentials In Songwriting: From Rewrite To Final Song

Which Books/Resources Are Required?

Baloche, Paul. God Songs: How to Write & Select Songs for Worship. Provident-Integrity. -Required for all Participants.

Wilt, Dan and others. Songwriting For Worship DVD. Houston: Vineyard Music USA, 2003. -Required for all Participants