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20 sessions
- 3 hrs/ session. Total of 60 Hrs. Plus 6 Hrs in a reputable recording studio.
(Optional)
Our songwriting course is
made up of two core studies, Songwriting and the Songwriters Business.
This is a full Songwriting Course (highly recommended)
studied in 20 sessions.
Students studying the
complete course will benefit a lot more if they intend to market their
songs. The two core studies complement each other in a way that your knowledge of the
business will instigate a better motivation in you to write great and
powerful songs.
After you have written and produced great songs, you would not want
to see them sit on the shelf, but get them heard by music industry
professionals. They have 'chemistry', a science of attraction between
them, and when you have learned to understand that science, it will
become second nature to you. This is what this 'compleat' course will do
for you if
you have attended all classes, successfully done all
assignments and carefully taken on board all that you have
learned.
Course Fee: $800.00 ($700 if you choose to pay upfront) (See
options and details below.)
Opportunities
included with this fee:
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All the tools
and techniques of songwriting as well as understanding everything a
songwriter should know about the songwriting business.
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Collaboration team to
continue working together after the course.
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Competing to be the
winner of an award when offered next.
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If song has reached the
marketable level expected, which is expected of all students,
publishing opportunities for your song written during the course
will be presented to you on an award evening before industry
professionals and the media.
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Please note:
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There's no
song required at the end of the course for publishing opportunities.
However the student interested in having a song published may
present his/her song written during the course which has been
recorded elsewhere. But the student should be aware of the level of
finished demo which is required for publishing. Song must have been
written step by step through the course and assessed on assessment
sessions.
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Songwriter's camp
when
available.
Course Fee Option: $1200.00 ($1100 if you choose to pay
upfront)
Opportunities included with
this fee:
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All the tools
and techniques of songwriting as well as understanding everything a
songwriter should know about the songwriting business.
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Collaboration team to
continue working together after the course.
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At least one completely
produced song at the end of the course recorded in our
professional studio by a qualified engineer who has recorded
renowned artists and at professional studios such as Sing Sing
Studio(Melbourne).
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Competing to be the
winner of the main award when offered next.
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If song has reached the
marketable level expected, which is expected of all students,
publishing opportunities for your song written during the course
will be presented to you on the award evening.
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Songwriter's
camp when available
Private sessions available.
You may come to us or we can come to you at no extra cost if you live
within 40 km.
Think It Through.
What
would it cost you to get a song professionally produced and fully
recorded in a studio? You would have to add up the studio booking fee in
a minimum three hours block, session musicians and singer plus the
engineer's cost.
Here we
are offering you for a lower fee:
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The
same standard of studio work as described above.
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The addition of a complete 20
weeks course on songwriting, including the
music business.
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Publishing opportunities where your song will be forever published
and marketed till it generates you income (publishing conditional
upon marketability).
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Awards and prizes after successful completion of the course.
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Continuous mentoring throughout the course every time you need help
with assignment.
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Collaboration with other songwriters.
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Free
workshops opportunity during the duration of your course.
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And
much more...
And we
have also added:
Only Magesongs School Of
Songwriting will offer you these opportunities.
Cost options :
(1)
$800 payable upfront or $35 per session after initial deposit of
$100 when you book. No song is required at end of course however student
who is interested in completing with a song being published may submit a
song written and assessed during the course but recorded in a studio of
their choice but to the quality expected for publishing. Student can
decide anytime during the course to pay an extra $400 to receive the
advantage of our studio facility.
DISCOUNT: Pay in full and
receive a discount of $100. Pay only $700..
(2) $1200 payable upfront or
$50 per session after initial
deposit of $200 when you book.
DISCOUNT: Pay in full and
receive a discount of $100. Pay only $1100..
Please Note - Studio
Conditions.
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If you need more than 6 hours in
studio for extra vocals or mixing etc., this will be at extra cost
to you or as arranged between you and the sound engineer.
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Note also that the quality of the
studio work is finished record quality product that we are seeking
from students at the end of the course. Anything you require more
than the best we are offering you will be at your own cost.)
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You will be given the full
duration of the course, therefore plenty of time to have your (one)
song completed. The month following the completion of the course is
the time allocated for your song to be recorded in studio. If your
song is late, passed the allocated time, you will lose your studio
time and to have your song recorded will be in a different studio of
your choice and at your own cost. If our appointed sound engineer
agrees to record the late song, it will also be at your own cost.
Therefore it is recommended that you have your song finished on
time. Note also that your teacher or an appointed mentor will be
working with you to help you get the song ready prior to studio
recording. If the course has been completed and you are late, you
may book some time with your teacher or mentor, but there will be a
charge of $30 per hour.
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Studio production time will only
be offered if your song has achieved marketable quality, to be ready
for publishing. The sound engineer/programmer may refuse to record
your song if you haven't achieved the quality expected of your
songwriting. (Your song cannot be replaced by any other song
previously written by you, outside of the course, whatever the
quality of the song.)
TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Did you know that
tax principles that applies to most businesses are actually different
for music related business such as performers, songwriters and
musicians? Musicians and artists do not always easily make a profit
unless it's been their big break, they are likely to make a loss.
Therefore as long as they can justify their intention to make a living
from their music, they are allowed to claim for losses every year,
until they have made a profit or become successful. Due to this course
being geared towards establishing you as a
professional songwriter, whether as your primary or secondary source of income if you have another full time job, for
tax purposes, this course is actually the proof that it is your intention
to make a living with your music as a songwriter. So you can fully claim
on your expenses in doing this course. In other words you have nothing
to lose. Speak to your accountant or a tax agent about it if you
want to understand how this could work for you.
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OTHER
SERVICES
1 on 1 Song
Critique
We do
private critique of songs. We take the song break it down down and
rebuild it the marketable way. You will be given ideas to play with to
make your song the best it could be. Depending on its needs we can break
down the structures, the verse-chorus-bridge components, the
non-symmetrical lines, the rhyming, the meaning and/or content of the
lyric, the prosody, the melody and rhythm in details, looking at it all
in a marketable perspective. What you learn is the formula that works
the best for that song and you should be able to apply the formula to
new songs you write of the same type.
Note: It
is important that you request critique on songs that you need help with,
not on songs that you have already spent money on recordings, that you
are attached to and will never change it in the end. We are here to help
you get the best out of your songs.
Rate: $35 for 30 minutes.
Note: 30
minutes might be all you need and an extra 15 minutes bonus can given to
you. However if your song needs more work to be done, extra $30
/30minutes will apply.
Online live & Phone
Critique
Critiques can be also done online using the phone and computer together.
We recommend a program such as Skype so fixing can be done in real time.
We look at your song the same way as described above.
Rate: $35 for 30 minutes.
Note: 30
minutes might be all you need and an extra 15 minutes bonus can be given
you. However if your song requires more work to be done, extra $30
/30minutes will apply.
Emailed Critique
Emailed
critique is also available however at a higher rate because there is no
interaction with the songwriter and therefore it can take, longer to
make the song work to the satisfaction of the writer. See the fees
section on this page.
Rate: $50
initial fee for 30 minutes.
Note: 30 minutes might be all that is needed to fix your song. However
if your song needs more fixing, an extra $30 /30minutes will apply. You
will be notified by email before we continue on your song after the
first 30 minutes.
Melbourne Songwriter's
Workshops
We run a
monthly workshop for our past students and new comers as well.
Each month we have one of three ways of running the workshops.
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A
free forum session where each participant gives their opinion on
each other's song. A rating sheet is handed to each writer for their
song by everyone so each writer can assess for him/herself at home.
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A
very affordable rate critique for 45 minutes maximum on each song in
development similar to 1 on 1 critique described above but at a
cheaper rate, except that it is done on a screen before others so
that they also learn from other's songs too.
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A very affordable session where
songwriters come to collaborate on songs with all the guidance they need.
Rate:
A Free Workshop or a $10 rate for 45 minutes the following month.
Note: This is
a reduced rate to that of 1 on 1 Critique and songwriters can take
advantage of this opportunity.
We run a
meetup website where members receive regular information about our
workshops. If you are interested in attending our workshops, we
recommend you joining the free at
Melbourne Songwriters Workshop meetup
site.
Sydney
Songwriters Workshops & Seminar.
While preparing to start our course
in Sydney, occasionally we run workshops
as well as a yearly seminar introducing what we do to new
songwriters.
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Our workshops where participants
are involved in an actual practice of writing a song, ideas on the
most effective approach to songwriting.
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Our seminar is a general
presentation of what connects songwriters to the music industry, how
understanding the business side of songwriting can make a difference
in the way songs are written.
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Critique of songs in a group
setting and/or one on one where the songwriter is not only told what
isn't working in a song, but shown how to make it work, or make it
work for the songwriter.
Rate:
A flat rate of $80 for our Workshops & Seminars and includes a free
critiquing of songs.
Meetups.
We run a meetup website where members
receive regular information about our workshops. If you are interested
in attending our workshops, we recommend you joining for free at
Melbourne Songwriters Workshop meetup
site. For our Sydney songwriters
interested they can visit
Sydney
Songwriters Workshop.
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