Hello Songwriters!

This week's featured instructor is  Andrea Stolpe. Andrea Stolpe is a Los Angeles-based songwriter, author, performing artist and educator. She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing. Several of her songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Daniel Lee Martin, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Wayne, and others.

 

Andrea's book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, describes how to apply her unique process for developing song ideas quickly, and also for staying in touch with your own artistic voice while writing for the commercial market.

Andrea teaches the Berklee online songwriting course Commercial Songwriting Techniques, and a variety of classes at the University of California's Thornton School of Music.

Her most recent album, Breaking Even, was released in 2007 and features the song, "Kaleidescope". For more information on Andrea, her music, courses or books, click here.

Andrea's Writing Without Limits Series
Part 1: Destination Writing
Part 2: Toggling
Part 3: The Chorus