Courses and mentoring sessions

All-Access Full Membership at SongU.com includes unlimited access to all our courses developed specifically for online study with our faculty of award-winning songwriters. Taking online courses is both easy and convenient with two distinct online course formats to best meet your needs:

• Do-It-Yourself (DIY) courses are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and are designed for flexible learning at your own pace. Our 100-level DIY courses focus on craft fundamentals and essential review, while 200 and 300-level courses provide topics for additional growth as a songwriter. Most DIY Courses are made up of 4-6 lessons which include interactivities and exercises. Incorporate the concepts you have learned into your new songs and bring them to an instructor-led feedback workshop for further insights. Try our DIY course, MUS 130 Musical Elements Of A Successful Song.
  
  
• Instructor-led courses and small-group mentoring sessions meet in our voice-enabled online e-Classrooms where you will be able to interact in real-time with SongU.com instructors and peers. The majority of our courses are one-hour workshops which focus on providing song feedback or a specific songwriter related topic. However, we also offer several multi-meeting courses that span two or more weeks. No matter what your schedule is, you should be able to find course times that are convenient for you. However, if you cannot attend a class at the scheduled time, you have the option of auditing a class and listening to the transcript at your convenience. Our e-Classrooms are simple to use and no special equipment such as a mic or webcam is required in order to attend. Listen to a sample transcript from an instructor-led class, LYR 251 Successful Lyric Writing II, week one (Adobe Flash Player required).
  
  
• See what's available. View the complete SongU.com Course Catalog.
  
  
• Still need more information? You may find the answer in our Course FAQ

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Pitching opportunities.

No screeners. No barriers. No additional cost. All-Access SongU.com Full Membership includes our regulard pitching opportunities for no additional cost. At SongU.com, our guiding philosophy is education. We believe that pitching is part of the educational process in that it gives you real world experience in the music industry. However as anyone who works in the music industry knows, you should be prepared for rejection. This is why we ask our members to run their songs by our feedback instructors and coaches to make sure they are the best they can be before demoing and pitching them. Continually working to improve both your craft and your songs is what will ultimately improve your chance of success. We believe this is the reason why so many members of SongU.com have been successful with pitching.

 

Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about our pitching program at SongU.com.

• Who are the SongU.com pitch guests? Guests will represent a variety of musical genres and outlets that songwriters normally pursue to have their songs heard. Among the guests will be A&R representatives from major record labels, producers, music publishers, independent songpluggers, managers, music supervisors, major label and independent artists. View our current pitching opportunities.
  
  
• How do the pitching opportunities work? SongU.com offers several pitch opportunities that are updated each month. Details about each opportunity will appear in "My Pitching" area of the website after you login. Note that each pitch opportunity will have a maximum number of songs that you may submit as well as a submission deadline (except for on-going pitches).
  
  
• Am I ready to pitch songs? We do ask all members to take the responsibility to make sure each song is as strong as possible prior to demoing and pitching it. At SongU.com we provide the means to do that by encouraging all members to take courses to improve their craft. We also provide regular feedback and mentoring sessions where members can bring their work tapes and demos to ensure the song is ready to be pitched. When you song is demoed and ready, you can submit your mp3’s and lyrics directly to our listings to publishers, music supervisors, artists, producers, and others.
  
  
• Still need more information? You may find the answer in our Pitching FAQ

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One-on-One Coaching at SongU.com

All coach bios will be listed in your “My Coaching” area so that you can choose the coach you think will be the best match for each song or lyric you submit. You can vary among coaches to get second opinions and other perspectives based on the coach’s strength as a hit songwriter, publisher, or producer. Coaches can also nominate your song for “Best of SongU.com” which places it in a special password protected area of the site that is visited by industry guests looking for songs. Members purchase evaluations using SongU.com Credits (1 credit = $1). All-Access Members can purchase Quickie evaluations evaluations for 6 credits and Standard Evaluations for 13 credits. All-Access Members can also earn free song evaluations by accumulating SongU.com points for participating in various community activities or by referring new members. Please note that there are no additional charges for any of SongU.com’s services except for one-on-one coaching. All of the monies from coaching go to the coach to pay for his or her time. For additional information about coaching, please see our Coaching FAQ.

 

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