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Songwriting for Producers: Using Your Production Skills to Write Pop Songs

Learn everything you need to take your skills as a Producer/Engineer and write a well polished, radio ready, pop song. Join Chase Thompson in his home studio, as he teaches you his favorite method to write pop music as a producer. Follow along as he finds inspiration, builds a musical foundation, creates a vocal chain, and writes/records a song start to finish, right in front of you, explaining every decision he’s making along the way.
$139.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (4h 21m)

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    Step-by-step curriculum

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    Online and at your own pace

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    Watch on all devices

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    Unlimited lifetime access

Taught by

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Billboard Top New Artist and award-winning songwriter/producer with placements on NBC, MTV, Showtime, and Bravo. Worked with John Feldmann, Zakk Cervini, and Brian Fennell.
What you’ll learn
Finding Inspiration for your next song
Building a musical foundation to write from
Developing your own rockstar vocal chain
Using your voice to piece together new and exciting melodies
Developing a cohesive story around your lyrical ideas
Mixing and Mastering your song as it's written
Song Arrangement
Chase's go-to sounds, plugins, and tools
Mastering your Demos like a pro
Harmony Stacking and Vocal Arrangement
Using your voice as an instrument
Writing Synth, Bass, and Guitar Parts
Utilizing Samples and making them your own
Gain Staging, compression and EQ
Utilizing FX/Plugins in Sound Design
How to push through creative blocks and FINISH the song

Class Overview

Learn Chase Thompson's favorite method for writing and producing a Pop Song
As an award winning songwriter and billboard charting artists, Chase Thompson has had the opportunity to work with some of the top Rock and Pop producers in the industry, including John Feldmann, Zakk Cervini, Brian Fennell, as well as share the stage with some incredible artists, like Imagine Dragons, X Ambassadors, and Andy Grammar, to name a few.  In this class, Chase Thompson teaches you how to use your skills as a producer to write pop songs. You’ll be joining him in his home studio where he’ll share one of his favorite approaches to songwriting, from start to finish. Starting with where he finds inspiration, you’ll be right there with him as you build a musical foundation, explore new melodies, and write a compelling story through the lyrics. Along the way, Chase will be walking you through what he’s doing. Explaining every idea, decision, tool, and technique. You’ll learn how to build a track that inspires you, craft a vocal chain that leaves you feeling like a rockstar, and how to use your individual and unique ear as a producer to craft original and exciting melodies. By the end of the class you’ll know everything you need to write a hit song.

Lessons (5)

Apply what you learn

Follow Chase Thompson’s proven process, step by step

In the class, Chase Thompson breaks down his songwriting and production process into clear, actionable steps. Follow along with Chase’s process step-by-step and write your own pop song. You can also watch Chase’s process in full first and then bring the ideas, tools, and techniques into your own projects. By following Chase Thompson’s proven process, you’ll learn everything you need to write, produce, and record a song like this:

Villain (Class Song)

Who’s this class for?
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Producers and Engineers wanting to utilize their skills for songwriting

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Songwriters looking for a new approach to writing and creating music

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Independent Artists and Home Studio Enthusiasts wanting to start writing and producing for themselves.

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meet your instructor
Chase Thompson

Chase Thompson is a Nashville based songwriter, producer, and recording artist, who specializes in the genres of pop, alternative, and rock. He is best known for his production, songwriting and frontman efforts in Night Argent, an alternative rock band whose sophomore EP ‘The Fear’ (2017), notably made its way to Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart, drawing media attention from the likes of FUSE, Red Bull, Consequence Of Sound, Alternative Press, Paste Magazine and more. Chase has performed alongside high-profile acts including Imagine Dragons, X-Ambassadors, Andy Grammar, and The Zombies. On top of that, he has landed co-writing and co-production roles with many talented producers, including John Feldmann (Neon Trees, Biffy Clyro, 5 Seconds Of Summer), Brian Fennell (SYML, Third Eye Blind) and JT Daly (K. Flay, Paper Route, Mutemath). Further accolades include taking home two Grand Prize Awards at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, two First Place Awards at the International Songwriting Contest, one Grand Prize Award at the West Coast Songwriting Competition, and Grand Prize at the Ernie Ball International Battle Of The Bands, as Night Argent.

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Frequently asked questions

$139.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (4h 21m)

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    Step-by-step curriculum

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    Online and at your own pace

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    Watch on all devices

  • include icon

    Unlimited lifetime access

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