Course Title
LYR 260 Story Songs And Character Development

Instructor
Craig Bickhardt

Course Description
In this master class in lyric writing, you will study several advanced lyrical devices designed to add more polish and craft to your songs. Hit songwriter, Craig Bickhardt teaches you how to handle the various components of good story song writing. Discover how to get the most impact out of your story songs in this detailed discussion of the elements of plot and character development. Hit song examples from all genres of music will be used to illustrate the topics covered.

Course Content
Topics to be covered include: Perspective, Action, Conflict, and Resolution. Craig will demonstrate Character Development by both the Indirect and Direct Characterization Methods. You’ll study Static and Dynamic Characters, Flat and Round Characters, Sympathetic Characters and Character Transformation. You’ll examine Anecdote, Symbolism, Magical Realism and Allegory in the lyrics of popular songs, and discover how to get the most impact out of your story songs with Compressed Pace. Hit song examples from all genres of music will be used to illustrate the topics covered.

Estimated Time
This live course will meet weekly with the instructor in the SongU.com e-Classroom. Registration required. Limit 25.

Course Offerings:
This is a 4-week class. Each class meeting lasts for 60 minutes. View world time zone clock. Registration begins two weeks prior to the start of the course. You can register for this course by visiting the course catalog.

Required Textbook
None

Supplementary Materials
None

Pre-Requisite Knowledge
None

Software Required
This course uses examples that use Flash and RealPlayer and/or Windows Media Player. For more information, see our system requirements page.