Songwriting - what makes a song?

This week we looked at the concept of music and songwriting and defined and discussed the elements that go into it. 

Some elements were:

Verse

Chorus

Intro

Outro

Bridge

Break/solo

Pre-chorus

We also looked at how these are organised ie AB, ABA, AABB, ABC and strophic (AAA).

Your task was to have n initial discussions and just playing together. You will be working as a band to experience the process of writing collectively in a room, building on what you are learning in Olly and Keith's classes. 

The examples we listened to were:

• folk song:

 

• blues:

 

•  anthems:

 

•  composed and field recorded religious music combined to create music as 'art':