Are you interested in sharing music that you've created?  I'm a songwriter who has run many open-stages over the years and I know how hard it is to get up there and play original music.  I also know what it's like to write 100 half songs and not know how to finish them. Come join us to share your original works of music with people your own age and get some positive feedback and encouragement to keep creating!

Each session will be learner-directed and topics or issues to address in songwriting will be decided by the learners. We've explored AI music/lyric generation and use it as a jumping off tool to learn how to structure songs and how to use the tools available to support our creativity. 

Students should have the ability to sing or play an instrument (computer counts) in order to share their songs.  Each student will have their turn while the rest of the students are muted to not distract from the performance.  After the song is over, we can unmute ourselves and talk about the song.  

Learners sometimes share audio files if they prerecord their song and that works great for us as well!  I will often upload tracks and share them as YouTube links in the class for finished recording projects. 

Also, reminder to set your audio settings in zoom to be the Audio setting Original Sound for Musicians should be selected and then when in class, remember to select it at the top to be ON (this removes noise suppression and allows me to hear your instrument as well as your voice (as well as all your background noise so you need to be in a quiet room).  Here is a good tutorial https://youtu.be/bEZMRtrSsYY


*This course directly relates to Music Grades 5-12 in the B.C. Ministry of Education's Curricular Core Competencies in particular: Music Theory, Creative Process, Performer/Audience roles, music history, music ethics, technology and vocal technique.