Life as a Songwriter | Online Songwriting Course

LIFE AS A SONGWRITER is a four week songwriting course led by singer/songwriter, performing artist and teacher, Danielle Ate the Sandwich. This course will cover creating melodies, lyrics and phrasing, trusting your instincts and honing your editing skills. Each class will include short lectures, with writing prompts and exercises, time for sharing, and break out sessions to talk about your experiences. A one on one feedback session with Danielle is including in the cost of registration. Songwriters are also offered the chance to get together two weeks after the class ends to share their progree. The goal of Life as a Songwriter is to finish a new song to perform at the end of the four week session, to build skills for writing and editing, and establish a routine habit of sitting down to write and think as a songwriter.

Our class will meet virtually on Zoom from 1pm-2:30 CDT, every Sunday in June 2024. (6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23). The class is limited to 10 writers. All levels of experience are welcome. We cover the basics for beginners, and review techniques and run through creative exercises for those who have more experience. Proficiency on an instrument of your choice is encouraged. (Those who do not play an instrument can take this class, but there will not be instruction on how to play a musical instrument.)

CLASS TOPICS:

Week 1 | June 2nd, 1pm-2:30pm CT

Getting Started & Talking to Your Monster

Week 2 | June 9th, 1pm-2:30pm CT

Melody, Lyrical Phrasing & Trusting Your Instinct

Week 3 | June 16th, 1pm-2:30pm CT

Writing Authentic Lyrics & Honing Your Editor

Week 4 | June 23rd, 1pm-2:30pm CT

Class Concert & Song Share

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Danielle Ate the Sandwich is the stage name of pop-folk songwriter Danielle Anderson. Getting her start in Fort Collins, CO, now based in Kansas City, MO, Danielle has been touring nationally since 2009, after cultivating an online following from her homemade videos on Youtube. Danielle Ate the Sandwich has released seven albums of original music, made appearances internationally, opened for Mumford and Sons, Jake Shimabukuro, Suzanne Vega, Pomplamoose, and wrote the soundtrack to the Emmy nominated HBO documentary, “Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson.” Her newest project is an EP of original songs featured in the documentary “It’s Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents.”

Danielle Ate the Sandwich’s music has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Sara Bareilles, and Ingrid Michaelson. Her songs are lyrically driven, performed on ukulele and guitar, and find inspiration from her curiosity about death, science, religion, family dynamics, and her own emotions and experiences. Danielle Ate the Sandwich plays with the joy and sadness of the human experience, making you laugh one minute and cry the next. Her songs can be thoughtful and serious, but she’s known for her quirky lyrical twists, and for delivering witty and honest stage banter in her live shows.

http://www.danielleatethesandwich.com

WHAT PAST ATTENDEES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 'LIFE AS A SONGWRITER':

"If you want to learn about songwriting, improve your songwriting, or just give yourself a songwriting shot in the arm, take this class with DATS. You will meet other people who are interested and develop and ongoing group of friends to share ideas with. Sign up today!"

"I highly recommend this songwriting class to anyone who wants to write a song! Whether you have been writing songs for years or have never written in your life, you will take something away from this class! Plus you get to hang out with THEE Danielle Ate The Sandwich!! #braggingrights"

"As a new songwriter, Danielle’s class environment felt safe, positive and fun."

"I have been writing songs for years, but this class gave me a true sense of BEING a songwriter - being & doing, woven together, is amazing, & it shifted something in me. Thank you for that!!"

"I wrote a song, my first completely original song. I deeply appreciated the outreach by the teacher, the encouragement and extra help."