ONLINE SONGWRITING CLASS
Are You Serious About Songwriting?
Become more creative and write better songs that move people
Is there anything more beautiful than expressing yourself with music? It’s even more exciting when it’s your own song.
But songwriting can be hard. Because where do you start and when is your song finished?
Training these music skills by yourself is difficult and sometimes you just need somebody to help you out. Somebody who can hand you the songwriting tools and songwriting tips that you need.
Join my online songwriting class and I will guide you with your personal music journey. Learn to write the music you want. Explore how you can create new music.
Find your creative voice and become a songwriter!
Can You Become a Songwriter?
Online Songwriting Lessons are for you if you have ever wondered:
You love to create music and now want to take your creativity to the next step. Which is writing your own songs. Not many music schools are also a songwriting school. Thanks to the internet nowadays you can master the songwriting craft from anywhere. And why not learn songwriting from home? The place where you feel most comfortable. Here is how you can learn songwriting and write new songs.
- Listen to artists that inspire you and analyse their music and other successful songs
- Learn how chord progressions work
- Learn how to write a melody (to chords)
- Learn how rhyme schemes work and basic lyric writing techniques.
You can teach yourself to become a songwriter if you follow my tips above. But it can be tough because when you are stuck you will need help especially if you have no experience.
In my songwriting program, I will teach and show you all the steps of songwriting so that you can grow with each song that you write. You will develop your own style. Together we will work on your own music and I will give you all the songwriting tools you need to express yourself in songs.
Follow other songwriting students and learn to write music today!
Your Songwriting Coach
Hi! My name is Xander and I am a composer, Songwriter and Music educator with a bachelors degree in music composition. I teach many students all over the world via private music classes and via my YouTube channel, Learning Music Skills.
As a composer, educator and content creator, my goal is to share all aspects of the process of making music. I want to give everyone the tools necessary to be able to understand, enjoy and create music. No matter the genre or skill level.
I’m an expert in making difficult topics easy to understand. I break down complicated concepts into practical bite-size songwriting and composition techniques that you can use.

Learn all the Elements of Songwriting
Free Songwriting Classes
If you want to explore my free songwriting lessons online, then I suggest you watch this playlist. It is a gathering of music classes that focus on creative songwriting techniques. And if you feel that you need more help with creating music, then don’t hesitate to contact me and schedule a songwriting class.
What You Will Learn In Our Songwriting Class
Melody
Learning how to write a good melody is a fundamental music skill that you need as a songwriter. During our songwriting classes, we will explore:
- How to write a melody
- What are the building blocks of a melody
- Finding your unique melodic voice
- Melodic development techniques
- Techniques for finding melodic inspiration
- And much more.
Harmony
Harmony and chord progressions are the backbone of Western music and almost all popular music. But how do you write a good chord progression? And what kinds of chord progressions are suitable for your style? What we will discover is:
- How to write a chord progression
- How to make your chord progression more interesting
- Find creative chord connections
- Advanced harmonic concepts
- And much more.
Structure/Form
Musical form is one of the most overlooked aspects of music and songwriting if you ask me. Often times changing something in the song structure can completely change your song for the better (or worse). What you will learn in our classes is:
- What are the basic and popular song forms
- How to change and rework your song
- Creative song structure techniques
- And much more.
Rhythm
Rhythm is the drive behind any good melody or song. Rhythm is by far one of the most memorable elements in any given song or composition. For some people writing interesting rhythms comes more naturally than for others. What you will learn is:
- How to use basic rhythmic patterns
- How to rhythmic positions
- How to develop your rhythm in a song
- When to use antimetric rhythms
- And much more.
Lyric Writing
What would a song be without memorable lyrics? The lyrics are the first thing that most of your audience will hear and connect to. That’s why it is important that you know how to write good lyrics that tell the story of your song. What we can explore in our songwriting class is:
- Learning different types of rhyme schemes
- How to effectively place your lyrics
- How to write a song lyric that continues to build
- Lyric writing techniques to generate lyric ideas
- Much more.
Music Theory
Where would we be without music theory? Many songwriters write music in an intuitive manner. But things are just so much easier if you are able to find out what you just played or recorded. What we will learn during our songwriting class is:
- Basic music theory to start writing music
- Creative theory techniques for inspiration
- How to use music theory to fix boring songs
- Music Theory for practical songwriting use
- And much more.
Music Production
Nowadays as a songwriter, you need to have at least some basic knowledge of recording and producing music. You have to be able to make a proper demo that you can send to other musicians or record labels. What you can learn about music production in our songwriting class is:
- How to record music
- How to use a DAW and its plugins
- How to arrange music
- How to mix music
- Reverb, delay and distortion techniques
- And more.
Creative Skills
As a songwriter, you need to be able to find inspiration. Even when you don’t really feel like it. So how do you live a creative life? And how do you make sure that your creative music ideas keep flowing? And most important, how do make sure that your ideas are original? In our songwriting class we can focus on:
- Techniques for generating music ideas
- How to stay creative
- How to evaluate your ideas
- How to avoid a musical burn-out
- Finding and staying in touch with your musical identity
- And much more.
Song Analysis
Popular songs or songs by other artists are a perfect way to refine your songwriting skills. Because why try to reinvent the wheel, while somebody else has done a better job than you? If something has been proven to work, don’t waste your time.
As a songwriter and composer, you need to know how to properly analyse compositions and songs. What things are important and which elements don’t matter?
Lessons for Songwriters
What you should read and watch to become a songwriter
Best Books on Songwriting for Songwriters
Best Books on Music Production & Audio