Songwriting Classes at Grosse Pointe Music Academy
At some point in every musician’s development, the desire to create original music — to write songs — becomes a natural next step. Thanks to modern technology, songwriting has never been more accessible. Today, people can compose full songs with just the tools available on their smartphones. Compared to the past, when even basic recording required expensive equipment, we now live in a time where professional-level production tools are literally at our fingertips.
Famous composers like Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach could never have imagined the astonishing devices available to musicians today. In the mid-1990s, Roland Corporation introduced the PMA-5 Personal Music Assistant — a palm-sized device that allowed musicians to sequence and edit up to eight MIDI tracks, create chord charts, and compose full songs anywhere. It was revolutionary for its time. Fast forward to today, and while technology has evolved dramatically, the essential skills behind great songwriting have remained the same.
Instruments, tastes, and recording tools will always change. However, the core musical elements — melody, harmony, rhythm, and lyric writing — are timeless. New devices can enhance creativity, but they do not replace the knowledge and discipline it takes to write meaningful, memorable songs.
If you’re interested in learning the craft of songwriting, Grosse Pointe Music Academy offers a Songwriting Workshop for students ages 10 and up.
In this two-hour workshop, students will be introduced to essential songwriting concepts, techniques for creative development, and methods for continuing to grow their skills beyond the class. Whether you are a complete beginner or a musician looking to expand into writing original material, this class will give you valuable tools to get started and improve consistently.
If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact us. We’d love to help you start creating songs you can call your own!
By Henry Bahrou – Guitarist, Music Theorist, Music Academy Director
This class sounds fantastic! We need more outlets for those of us who are creatively minded! Will this class use any of the modern technology that you mentioned in this post?
How exciting! I love this. It’s so great to see such a wide array of classes offered through Grosse Pointe Music Academy. There is literally something for everyone in the family! Thank you.