Here is the finished class: https://skl.sh/3SGKcSH

Class Planning Document

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LvvTksy7v9RmmGvUEGAXL0N0KudVpNKxNr-rBOtVgho/edit?usp=sharing

Songwriting - How to write and finish a song

Icelandic Singer Songwriter Hanna Mia teaches you to write and finish a song. This class will help you to get out of your own head and finish a project that you started. This can apply to both songwriting and other creative projects you are working on or have not started yet.

Hanna Mia participated in the Icelandic semi finals for the Eurovision Song Contest with her music in 2022 and in 2018 she created a project where she wrote one song every day for a year and uploaded all songs on YouTube.

This class does not teach you to write a hit song but to finish a project so you can feel accomplished, learn new things in the process and hopefully feel the joy of creation that makes you want to write, paint and create more!

ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class will teach you not only to write a song but to actually finish your project so you can feel accomplished, learn new things in the process and hopefully feel the joy of creation that makes you want to write, paint and create more!

What You Will Learn

What instrument to use
Choosing chords
Writing lyrics lyrics
Creating a melody
Putting the song together
Finishing the song and feel good about it

Why You Should Take This Class
I am giving you my recipe for writing music that has been developed through writing a song every day for a year. I will help you get out of your own head and find the joy in creating for the sake of creating.

Who This Class is For
This class is for anyone who wants to write a song no matter skill-level. It does help if you can play a few simple chords on an instrument that you can play while singing at the same time. If you can not play any instrument you can either take a skill class in guitar, piano or ukulele for beginners and then come back here at a later date, or stay put here and I will show you how to get around it and still create your own song.

Material

For this class I recommend you having:
* An instrument that you can plan while singing
* A computer to write the lyrics in a google document
* A phone or ipad to record melodies
* A phone or camera to film yourself while playing the finished song

CLASS PROJECT

The project of this class is for you to write your own song.

We will follow simple yet detailed steps for you to easily create your project

1. Pick your fighter (Instrument)

Choose your instrument or download a free music generator app

2. Set up your workspace and google document

Set up your computer and recording devices in the space where you will write your song. Tell everyone in the room to please vacate the premises for the next hour or two.
Create a google document and put in today's date and your name.

3. Choose your chords

Generate chords you want to use by typing chord generator on google
Give the chords a try to see you can play them comfortably
Put the chords in to your google document

4. Create a Melody

Record ideas for melody for the verse and chorus on your ipad or phone
Try to get one recording of the verse and one of the chorus that you can listen back to while writing your lyrics

5. Write Lyrics

Open your google doc, close your eyes & point somewhere. Put in the name of what you're pointing at as the title of your song in the document.
Listen to your recording and try to fit in words that fit to the title
Find rhymes on rhymezone.com
If words are missing you can repeat a line or two that you already wrote
Start filling out the document and add the chords to your lyrics to make it easier to play and sing

6. Put the song together

Try to play the song with the new words and tweak if you find better words for your flow

Practice the song a few times

7. Finish and record the song

Set up your phone somewhere where you can see your hands playing the song and record. It is nice to have a recording to see how you were playing the song, chords, rhythms & hand patterns

Now you have written, finished and recorded a song! You do not need to show anyone what you have created, but now you have a song that you can listen to and be proud of yourself!

Hanna Mia Brekkan

Musician from Iceland

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