In popular music genres, songwriting ability is essential to artistic and financial success. If our singers sound great, but have nothing of their own to say, they won’t get very far as artists. Chances are good that most of your students aren’t getting songwriting help anywhere else. It’s important that we as voice teachers have at least a general understanding of the craft and know where to point our students if their writing needs help. Whether you’ve never written a song in your life, or are a seasoned songwriter, you’ll find lots of great ideas in these resources. This is just a sampling of what’s out there. Please share some of your favorite resources in the comments below.
Creativity
First-Hand Stories
Guides from the Experts
Face to Face
Join your local Songwriters’ Association or local songwriting idea/support group. They often have great guest speakers, group dialogue to work through ideas and blocks, business tips, and performance opportunities. Here’s Nashville’s, as an example.
Getting Those Songs Out There
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What are some of your favorite songwriting resources? Please share in the comments!
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Jess is a creativity and artist coach, contemporary voice specialist, indie soul singer-songwriter-producer, and owner of True Colors Voice and Artist Coaching.
Throughout school, she sang soul, jazz, pop, and musical theatre alongside choral and classical music. After completing her master's in classical vocal pedagogy and performance, she devoured whatever she could find about CCM (non-classical) vocal pedagogy, attended her first CCM Institute in 2009, and was eventually appointed to the faculty of the Institute in 2016. Her love for popular music in particular led to the creation of Singing in Popular Musics, a blog by and for voice teachers.
Right after grad school, she started her personal artistry walkabout after a teacher led her to The Artist's Way. It was the first of a non-stop string of books about creativity, coaching, psychology, productivity, and healing, all of which found their way into her teaching as well as her own artistry. While she still loves nerding out on vocal pedagogy and helping singers create the sounds they want, her true passion is in helping singer-artists connect to the why behind their voice, songs, and style, walking alongside them as they find their own path to artistic authenticity.
She’s currently a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Association for Popular Music Education, and the Creativity Coaching Association.
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