Songwriters: 5 Ways You Can Use Feedback
With Special Guest Andrea Stolpe
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Dear Passengers,
Feedback is such a big part of TAXI's value to our members. That's why we're really happy to have Andrea Stolpe on TAXI TV this week to enlighten us on that very topic!
If that little voice in your head (or an industry professional) has ever told you any of the following, then you're going to love this episode:
- My lyrics aren’t original or they're sometimes cheesy.
- My friends love my song, so why was it passed over?
- My melody wasn’t strong/memorable enough.
- My song sounds dated.
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, with songs recorded by such artists as: Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, Daniel Lee Martin, Jimmy Wayne, and others.
Andrea teaches Songwriting at the University of California’s Thornton School of Music, and is the author and instructor of Berklee College of Music’s online course Commercial Songwriting Techniques. For the past 10 years, Andrea has taught melody, harmony, and lyric writing courses for Berklee Online.
She continues to tour and serve as a guest clinician nationally and abroad. Andrea enjoys working to develop writers part of SonicArt Productions, an artist development company established by her husband, recording engineer Jan Stolpe.
Her book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, offers songwriters a practical approach to lyric writing according to each writer’s unique voice, and the ability to finish songs with greater ease and consistency.
Want to Win a Copy of Andrea's Book?
Just make sure to comment your favorite moment or piece of advice from the episode, under the archived version of the TAXI TV video on YouTube! Then we'll pick the person with the best comment and send him or her a FREE copy of Andrea's book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling!
To Join the Live Chat and Ask Questions During the Broadcast…
You’ll need to be signed up to YouTube (FREE) and be logged in to be able to join in on the chat during the show. Go to youtube.com and click the "Sign In" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page and fill out the short form to join. If you have a Gmail account, you’ll be able to associate your YouTube account with it!
7pm Eastern (EDT) / 6pm Central (CDT) / 4pm Pacific (PDT) / 11pm, London / 10am, Sydney (AEDT)
See you on the show,
Michael