MUSC 229 Songwriting (3)

This course examines songwriting from historical and practical perspectives. Students will place in a historical context songs from a broad spectrum of artists and consider how songs both reflect and shape culture, identity and technology. Songwriters studied include Kendrick Lamar, John Dowland, Bob Dylan, Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, Franz Schubert, The Beatles, Max Martin, Dirty Projectors, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sia, Muddy Waters, The Shaggs and many more. Students will also write original music and present it in class, discussing how the basic components of songwriting-lyrics, melody, chord progressions, rhythm, arrangement, performance, production and form-work together to create a song.
Course Frequency: Fall and Spring