Make more time in your life for songwriting with this 5-week workshop
Becoming a better songwriter requires showing up every day to write songs and sharpen your skills.
But daily life is demanding, and we’re all quite busy. Finding the time, energy, and inspiration to write songs day after day can be a real challenge.
With the right approach, you can create a routine of practice and creativity that you can actually stick to — that’s what The Art of Daily Practice is all about.
Want instant, easy results? Don’t enroll.
In this course we’re going to slow down the hectic pace of life, focus, and settle into the sense of calm that comes with mastering fundamentals over the long term. We won’t just be dreaming about success; we’ll actually be doing the work and making realistic plans for your progress as a songwriter.
Mastery takes time, and it takes effort. There are no shortcuts — this course is about making real, solid, sustainable progress over the long term.
Who Should Take This Workshop?
- Songwriters who want to improve their craft and write more original songs
- Touring and working musicians who struggle to find time for new material
- Lyricists who want an unfair advantage over the average lyricist
- Anyone who’s had trouble sticking to a practice routine
- Anyone who wants to make more time in their life for creativity and self-expression
This course should be especially useful to anyone who’s had a hard time sticking to a practice routine in the past (I’ll raise my hand to that one).
Mastery is possible, but it takes a lot of time and effort.
If you’re comfortable with that, and you’re in this for the long term, come on in! You’re in good company here.
What topics will The Art of Daily Practice cover?
Here’s a peek at planned topics, subject to change as the course unfolds:
- Discover why talent matters a lot less than you think it does — and what qualities matter more
- Find out what recent research has to say about that nagging question: “How do I know if I have what it takes?”
- Master any musical or lyrical skill from scratch with the “Crawl, Walk, Run” technique
- Learn strategies for geting back on track when you fall out of the practice habit
- Learn to spot the trap of “overplaying”, which is fun and satisfying but stunts your long-term growth
- Set clear goals for the level of ability you want — then rough out realistic plans for getting there
- Identify the right level of difficulty, the “sweet spot” of practice where you’re challenged but not overwhelmed
- Create and maintain a home practice space that really works for you
- Identify and avoid the most common ruts and pitfalls of self-teaching (like convincing yourself you’ve mastered something when you haven’t)
- Find out why those music theory books have just been sitting on your shelf collecting dust (It’s not necessarily your fault)
- Discover the deep satisfaction of working at your art every day — and enjoy the ripple effect it can have on the rest of your life
What’s included?
- The Art of Daily Practice course that I ran in August and September 2014.
- Each week’s lessons come packaged with audio, text transcripts, and worksheets.
- All these materials are accessible through a members-only section of this site that you can sign into from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Read and listen online, or download files to take offline with you.
- Work at your own pace. Your membership access will continue after the course ends—and as I develop future versions of this course, you’ll get the newest edition free of charge.
- This upcoming session is the 4th edition of the course, improved and updated based on new research and feedback from previous editions.
Payment Methods
All credit cards are processed securely via Paypal.
Ready to get started?
- The course costs $55.00 USD. That’s a one-time cost for 5 weeks of instruction. It’s $11 per week, probably less than the cost of a daily coffee at your neighborhood coffee shop.
- If you’ve still got questions I haven’t answered here, click here to reach me via contact form.
- Refund guarantee: if the course isn’t a good match for you, let me know within 30 days and I’ll give you your money back. No questions asked, and no hard feelings. I’m easy like that. 🙂
I hope to see you inside! Let’s make 2015 a year you can look back on and feel proud of.
–Nick at song written.
Cost:
$55
Workshop length:
5 weeks, or work at your own pace