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<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">High–School-age Songwriters and Aspiring Songwriters,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Whether you write songs regularly, or you're just getting started, you will be challenged in some inspiring ways to write a new song every week in this, one of <a href="http://beaconmusicfactory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beacon Music Factory</a>'s most popular classes. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Stephen Clair will again be leading this weekly songwriting class this Winter.<br /><strong>Nine Wednesdays, Jan 13 - March 10. 6:00-7:30pm</strong> <em>Eastern time</em> (you can expect it to go 60-90 minutes typically)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>HOW IT WORKS<br /></strong></span><span style="color: #000000;">Each week, we’ll meet for an hour (or more) and I’ll treat you to song examples to consider, song strctures to puzzle over, a few new ways of looking at songs you already know and lovel and then, most importantly, you will be given a multi-layered songwriting PROMPT or assignment.<br /></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">The weekly PROMPT is chock full of rules to inspire you, parameters that will help focus your thinking and still more layers for you to consider. Past students tell us over and over how much they learn and how inspired they become by these assignments. It is exhilirating and satisfying when you are eager to dig in and begin writing rather than feeling daunted by a blank page. That's what this class is all about. Throughout the course I’ll provide extra pointers, some harmonic, some lyrical, some conceptual, to keep you going. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>You will write a new song each week.</strong> I am pretty sure you will amaze yourself.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Your songs will be shared in class each week, and we’ll have useful and substantial discussions about each student’s song; and then, of course, … you will receive a new song assignment.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Critically-acclaimed songwriter and owner of Beacon Music Factory, <a href="https://www.stephenclair.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephen Clair</a> has been teaching super successful songwriting classes like this to adults and kids for years—both in the classroom and online. Clair's very recent pandemic-inspired song "Welcome To The World Now" has been in rotation on WFUV 90.7FM in NY since April.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Wednesdays, for 9 weeks.<br /></strong><strong>6:00pm-7:30pm ET (<em>close to 90 minutes most weeks</em>) <br /></strong><strong>Jan 13 - March 10 2021</strong></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Tuition: $250</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">We will meet over Zoom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I will send full details as you register.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">I am really looking forward to seeing you write loads of new songs.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="color: #000000;">If you have any questions, please get in touch,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Stephen Clair <em>play@beaconmusicfactory.com</em></span></p>
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