Hello Songwriters-
Happy New Year! I hope 2013 is starting out great.
This week's featured instructor is
Jimmy Kachulis. Jimmy teaches Songwriting, Lyric Writing and World Music at The Berklee College of Music. He conducts clinics nationwide, and has helped thousands of songwriters develop and maximize their skills.
He has written three books in The Songwriter's Workshop Series:
Melody,
Harmony and
Essential Songwriter. Both his books and courses are among the most successful at Berklee Press and Berklee Media - enriching the skills of writers worldwide.
His students' works have earned Grammy awards and have been recorded by a vast range of artists on major and independent labels. Many of his former students are staff writers in Nashville or LA and others are well known recording artists.
As a professional educator, he creates on-campus courses, materials, articles, reviews, and scholarly publications in the areas of Songwriting and World Music for all levels of learners. To learn more about Jimmy, go to
jimmykachulis.com.
Advanced Harmony Ideas for Songwriters
In this lecture, Jimmy Kachulis follows harmonies, tempos, modes and grooves found in pop, rock and R+B hits from the 1950/60s to now. There's so much in these hits that we can use for our own songs in fresh new ways. He gets into topics like pedal points, riffs, basic fundamental harmonic progressions such as I - IV - I, and much more. This lecture requires a basic knowledge of music theory to be fully appreciated.
