studio.com Writing a Worship Song with Matt Maher TUTORiAL

Learn everything you need to write a meaningful worship song. In this class, 9x Grammy-nominee Matt Maher takes you into his studio and teaches you his complete songwriting process, helping you fall in love with the wonder of a song. Follow along as he takes a basic idea, connects it to an old hymn, & develops it into a modern song, right in front of you.

TAUGHT BY:

Matt Maher

A nine-time-GRAMMY® nominee, JUNO award winning and three-time-GMA Dove Award® winning artist, songwriter and producer.

What you'll learn:

The start of Matt's creative process
How to develop a melody fragment into a song
How to follow the suggestive trail of an old hymn
Arranging the song for a modern context
Considering the usage of a different language (latin!)
Beginning production element consideration
Crafting lyrics

CLASS OVERVIEW:

Learn Matt Maher's approach to writing worship songs
Matt Maher is a 9x-Grammy nominated, JUNO award winning and 3X GMA Dove Award winning artist, songwriter, and producer.

In this class, Matt Maher teaches you everything he knows about writing a worship song.

During class, Matt brings you into his studio and shares with you his entire songwriting process from start to finish. You'll follow along with Matt as he writes and records a brand new song completely from scratch, starting from how he finds his initial idea and connects it to a hymn from the past, all the way through refining lyric, adding production elements, and finalizing the demo.

Along the way, Matt explains everything that he's doing and thinking in detail - every idea, decision, tool, and technique. By the end of class, you'll know everything you need to write worship songs of your very own.

LESSONS:

1. Intro & Getting Started

2. Developing an Idea, Hymn, Melody & Theme

3. Finishing Melody & Developing a Rough Outline of Song

4. Refining Lyric & Working on Demo

5. Adding Production Elements & Editing

6. Final Bounce & Closing Thoughts

(5h 11m)

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