Songwriting Lessons in Kimmswick. Amazing Teachers.

Students interested in learning songwriting can explore many different styles and approaches. I have been writing songs for more than 8 years and have recorded 6 full length albums of original material in a variety of genres including rock, blues, country, reggae, bluegrass, Americana, and folk. My students can expect thorough instruction and study based on classic and modern songwriting techniques in the genres of interest. We will study "music first" songwriting, "words first" songwriting, and improvisational techniques, as well as "cut and paste multi-tracking". Poetry, prose, nonsensical, call and response, storytelling, and traditional are all avenues of exploration.

Student MUST purchase 5 lessons to complete this package.

I will COACH you in these topics.

Topics of Study:
-What makes a song a HIT
-Harmony of the best songs
-Successful Song structure
-Marketing and Distribution
-Hiring "ghost" musicians
-Collaborating with local and distant musicians
-Basic Music Production

By the end of our 5 lessons, you will have written a song with a catchy melody and functional harmony. You will learn how to record it, distribute it, and marketing strategies.

This is for serious people only. Please look at my credentials to see that I am qualified for this. Also, if you have any questions, please send me an email and I will reply shortly.

Whether it's your first song or 100th, I like to give my students a firm foundation in songwriting with writer's block busting exercises to help spark your creativity!

I love teaching song writing! My credits include song placement in the Hallmark Channel movie "Smooch" and the TNT movie "Deck the Halls". I have written numerous songs, some of which are available on iTunes. I write both children and adult songs.

I am a professional singer-songwriter and also studied it and Berklee College. I will give you books to read, as well as a step by step process on how to song write! There are many techniques, but ultimately my goal is for the student to learn all of them and choose what they decide works best for them.

I'm Ahmad a very enthusiastic musician. I started out teaching myself guitar at the age of 12. I moved to the U.S. in 2001 and studied music for 15 years receiving my B.M. and M.M in music and audio production at San Francisco State University. I then moved to Los Angeles then studied and trained with John Mayer, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Lynch and many others. I have performed hundreds of concerts in the U.S. as well in Europe and the Middle East with Artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Michael Angelo Batio, Ratt, Sammy Hagar, Dokken and many others. I ranked #1 in the Slash Guitar Center competition. I was in the "list of top 5 guitar players ever" according to The Examiner, also picked as one of the best guitarists of 2013 and 2014 consecutively in the Rockwell UnScene magazine, and ranked 3rd in the Steve Vai Sam Ash Best in Shred competition.

I find a student's strengths and weaknesses using various ways to encourage each student. I am very patient, ...