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Songcrafting Seminar with Pat Pattison and Steve Seskin 
Hit songwriting gurus join forces to present a three day intensive workshop sharing their knowledge and passion for writing songs. Over the course of the seminar, there will be interactive lectures on melody writing and many facets of lyric writing such as imagery/emotion, point of view, rewriting, inspiration and dealing with "writer's block."
Areas covered include:
Song Sessions*: Using participants' songs as fodder to talk about the writing and rewriting process, Saturday and Sunday afternoons are spent in Song Sessions. These sessions are the core of the weekend, and will help illustrate the topics covered in the Friday evening and the Saturday/Sunday morning sessions.
Lyric Writing: What elements make up the most potent and engaging lyrics? Examine magical combination of imagery and emotion and how those two factors contribute to drawing in the listener. Learn the power of eliciting a response by showing (engaging an audience) rather than telling (distancing an audience).
Making Music. Jump start your song with some outside-the-box melodic and harmonic approaches, as well as chord progressions and chord substitutions. We'll also deal with effective linkage of melody, harmony, and lyric.
Verse Development: Solving Second Verse Hell. Learn how to develop the flow of ideas BEFORE you waste time writing a lyric that dead-ends in some dark alley. Arrange your ideas so the song gains rather than loses interest as it moves forward, creating a chorus or refrain that can be repeated effectively without having to change the words each time.
Point of View One of the most important lessons on the road to writing great songs, learn to choose from eight different perspectives when deciding how your characters can best tell their story. Examine complex ways to use perspective to bring out the most emotion in all your lyrics.
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songs will be critiqued in the song sessions, time permitting, in order of registration. So REGISTER
NOW!
Cost: $350 full
$275 concession (APRA member, JMC, SAE or SCU Students, Songsalive members, Scoop fx, Soundworks Music Studio)
Melbourne, June 27 - 29, 2008
Day One: Friday June 27, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Day Two: Saturday June 28, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Day Three: Sunday June 29, 10:00am - 4:00pm
JMC Academy
171 Bank St
South Melbourne, VIC
| Sydney, July 4 - 6, 2008
Day One: Friday July 4, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Day Two: Saturday July 5, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Day Three: Sunday July 6, 10:00am - 4:00pm
JMC Academy
41 Holt St
Surry Hills, NSW
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 Writing Lyrics to Melody with Pat Pattison
There's no use writing a great lyric and a great melody if they don't work together. An unfortunate setting of a word or phrase can sink the emotion of the song, calling your listener's attention away from WHAT you are saying to HOW you are saying it. This 2-day evening seminar shows you how to get the most out of your lyrics by combining them accurately and effectively with melody. This is a "can't miss" seminar--it's bound to take your writing to the next level.
Individual songs will be critiqued in order of registration, so REGISTER NOW!
Cost: $200 full
$150 concession (APRA member, SCU student, Songsalive members, Scoop fx, Soundworks Music Studio)
Byron Bay, July 8-9, 2008
Day One: Tuesday July 8, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Day Two: Wednesday July 9, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Southern Cross University, Byron Bay Campus
69 Johnson St
Byron Bay, NSW
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Phrasing with Pat Pattison
Phrasing is The Body Language of Your Song. This 2 day seminar will give you important keys to phrasing your lyrics for the most impact and support of meaning. We'll work with rhythms and placements, making sure that the line, like body language, helps to really deliver the emotion you intend. This is another "can't miss" seminar -- it's bound to take your writing to the next level.
Individual songs will be critiqued, time permitting, in order of registration so REGISTER NOW!
Cost: $200 full
$150 concession (APRA member, JMC, SAE or SCU Students, Songsalive members, Scoop fx, Soundworks Music Studio)
Sydney, July 11-12, 2008
Day One: Friday July 11, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Day Two: Saturday July 12, 10:0am - 4:00pm
JMC Academy
41 Holt St
Surry Hills, NSW
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Tools and Strategies with Pat Pattison 
Sharpen your lyric writing skills and discover the techniques that have helped his students, including John Mayer and Gillian Welch, win Grammys and write number one songs. In this seminar, you'll learn how to craft more vivid lyrics by mastering the elements of structure and the process of building great lyrical ideas into great songs. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned writer, this course will help you structure your lyrics more effectively.
Cost: $125 full
$100 concession (APRA member, JMC, SAE, Songsalive members, Scoop fx,
Soundworks Music Studio)
Wednesday July 9, 2008
One Day Only, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Southern Cross University, Lismore Campus
Military Road Lismore NSW
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Rewriting
Deepen your understanding of how to
deliver what you are saying effectively to your listeners. This seminar, presented in a Master Class format, will use participants'
songs to demonstrate the rewriting process. Amongst a variety of issues
commonly faced by songwriters, this seminar will focus on verse
development, productive repetition, phrasing, effective matching of
lyric and melody, structure and prosody. Learn how to polish those
small bumps that distract the listener and let air escape from the
song's tires.
All
participants are guaranteed a critique in this Rewriting seminar, thus
bookings are STRICTLY LIMITED to 10 people per session contact
Clare for booking information.
Cost: $125 full
$100 concession (APRA member, JMC, SAE or SCU Students, Songsalive members, Scoop fx, Soundworks Music Studio)
Melbourne
Thursday June 26, 2008
6:30pm - 10:30 pm
JMC Academy
171 Bank St, South Melbourne
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Sydney
Thursday July 3, 2008
6:30pm - 10:30 pm
JMC Academy
41 Holt St, Surry Hills
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Thursday July 10, 2008
6:30pm - 10:30 pm
JMC Academy
41 Holt St, Surry Hills
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