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Songwriting for Sync: Crafting a Hip-Hop Topline for Placement on Film & TV

Learn everything you need to know about writing and recording a Hip-Hop topline for a commercial sync placement. In this class, songwriter Hazel Rose, who has sync placements on ESPN, HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu, The CW, FOX, and with Abercrombie Kids, teaches you her complete toplining process. Follow along as she writes a brand new song from start to finish with collaborator and Producer Allister X right in front of you, explaining everything she’s doing and thinking along the way.
$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (3h 6m)

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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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Hazel Rose
LA-based songwriter with TV, film, and advertising placements on ESPN, HBO Max, Hulu, Netlifx, FOX, The CW, and Abercrombie Kids. Known for her Hip-Hop rooted lyricism.
What you’ll learn
Hazel Rose's Unique Songwriting Process from Start to Finish
What a Typical Sync Brief Looks Like 
Sync Best Practices and Areas to Avoid 
Writing Hip-Hop Lyrics
Freestyle Techniques
At-Home Vocal Recording 
The Art of Collaboration
Pitching for Sync

Class Overview

Learn best practices and industry standards writing and recording for sync 
Hazel Rose is an LA-based songwriter with TV, film, and advertising placements on ESPN, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, FOX, The CW, and Abercrombie Kids. She is particularly known for her genre bending, Hip-Hop rooted lyricism. She teams up with Producer Allister X, who has sync placements with Google, Apple, Old Navy, and many others, to create a brand new song from start to finish.      In this class, she will teach you her start-to-finish process of writing a Hip-Hop topline for commercial sync placement.   She will bring you into her studio and share with you her topline songwriting process. You will follow along as she writes a commercial topline, starting from reviewing a standard sync brief, all the way through sending out the stems to the producer and listening to the finished track. Along the way, she will be explaining everything she is doing. Her thought process, her freestyle and lyricism techniques, and the exact technology she is using, using Pro Tools to record, and using Zoom to collaborate with the Producer and co-writer Allister X.   She will show you how to record freestyles, hone in on a theme and finalize lyrics, collaborate with the co-writer, and export the stems from Pro Tools for final production.  By the end of this class, you'll know everything you need to write a commercial Hip-Hop topline yourself.

Lessons (8)

Apply what you learn

Follow Hazel Rose’s proven process, step by step

In the class, Hazel Rose breaks down her songwriting process into clear, actionable steps. Follow along with Hazel Rose’s process step-by-step and create your own topline for  sync.  You can also watch Hazel Rose’s process in full first and then bring the ideas, tools, and techniques into your own projects. By following Hazel Rose’s proven process, you’ll learn everything you need to write songs like these:

Easy - Hazel Rose, Todd Spadafore

Who’s this class for?
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You're a songwriter and/or Hip-Hop artist looking to gain success in the sync world.

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You're a beginning songwriter and/or Hip-Hop artist looking to learn how to write and record your own original songs for sync.

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You're an experienced professional songwriter and/or Hip-Hop artist looking to brush up on their sync songwriting and pitch craft, and learn more about best practices and industry standards.

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meet your instructor
Hazel Rose

Hazel Rose is an LA-based songwriter and recording artist currently signed to Ultra Music Publishing, LoFi Music, and Milk & Honey SILO. Her genre-bending, Hip-Hop rooted lyricism has accumulated TV, film, and advertising song licensing placements on ESPN, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, FOX, The CW, and with Abercrombie Kids. She is the C.E.O. of Peanut Butter Friends creative agency.

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Frequently asked questions

$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (3h 6m)

  • include icon

    Step-by-step curriculum

  • include icon

    Online and at your own pace

  • include icon

    Watch on all devices

  • include icon

    Unlimited lifetime access

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