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Sustainable Songwriting: Cultivate Creativity While Staying Mentally Healthy

Learn how to cultivate a creative, sustainable lifestyle to become the best version of yourself as an artist. In this class, prolific producer We Are Leo takes you into his studio and teaches you his process for cultivating creativity while staying mentally healthy — the same process he's used over the past 15 years to write songs featured on over 380k Spotify Playlists. Follow along as he writes a brand new song, showing you his tools and methods for overcoming the self-doubt, anxiety, and perfectionism that come up along the way. 
$139.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (9h 36m)

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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

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We Are Leo
Prolific pop & EDM artist/producer known for soaring, heartfelt, summer-vibe songs.  Featured 7x in Dude Perfect YouTube videos (250M+ views) & over 380k Spotify Playlists. 
What you’ll learn
We Are Leo's unique approach to songwriting
Combining and arranging random elements from beat-making into a coherent song structure
Overcoming self-doubt and fear of failure
Creating emotional heartfelt melodies
Layering vocals and harmonies
Layering keys and synth parts
Turning lyrical ideas into tracked song vocals
Living a more focused lifestyle to maximize your artistic potential
Building achievable daily writing habits 
Cultivating self-compassion and overcoming perfectionism
Organizing your life and schedule to maximize your creativity and avoid burnout
Cultivating mental clarity and a quiet creative mind
Trusting intuition and following the excitement to get started and keep going with your songs
 Time-Blocking and prioritization to find time in your life for songwriting
Deciding which vocal takes to use when recording and comping vocals
Cultivating a lifestyle that welcomes inspiration
Finding work/life balance
Improving your resilience in the challenges of being a writer and producer
Developing persistence as an artist
Creating mental space to write honest, inspired lyrics

Class Overview

Develop a sustainable, mentally-healthy songwriting mindset  
We Are Leo is a Pop & EDM artist, songwriter and producer.  He's known for creating feel good songs that have been featured in some of the biggest YouTube videos in the world, added to over 380k Spotify playlists, been featured in TV shows and a major motion picture, and have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people all over the world.  Over his career as a songwriter, We Are Leo knows the challenges artists face to sustain creativity and stay in the right headspace. He has dealt with self-doubt, fear of failure, and perfectionism along his journey.  In his class you will learn his strategies for developing a mindset, practical tools and a way of life that will help you become and stay mentally healthy, enabling you to cultivate your own sustainable songwriting practice.  During class, We Are Leo brings you into his studio and shares with you his unique approach to creativity.  You'll follow along with We Are Leo as he writes and records a brand new song right in front of you, starting with how he follows the excitement to find and initial vibe, how he opens up mental space to receive inspiration, and how he thinks about the process of creating a song,  writing lyrics, and arranging random ideas into a coherent full-length song structure.  Along the way We Are Leo shares his mindset for navigating the self-doubt, indecision, fear of failure, perfectionism and distraction that he faces.  By the end of this class you'll know what to do to become a healthier, more focused, more creative version of yourself while while cultivating a lifestyle that sets you up to do your very best work as a songwriter.

Lessons (12)

Apply what you learn

Follow We Are Leo’s proven process, step by step

In the class, We Are Leo breaks down his process for songwriting and mental health into clear, actionable steps. Follow along with We Are Leo’s process step-by-step and write your own songs, while staying creatively inspired and mentally healthy. You can also watch We Are Leo’s process in full first and then bring the ideas, tools, and techniques into your own projects. By following We Are Leo’s proven process, you’ll learn everything you need to write songs like these:

Who’s this class for?
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You’re an experienced songwriter or producer looking to avoid burnout to become more productive, & thrive mentally and emotionally in your professional career.

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You're an artist, producer, or songwriter and you feel that some level of indecision, perfectionism & self-doubt is holding you back from reaching your full potential. 

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You're a fan of We Are Leo and want to learn from his unique methods and honest, uplifting approach to creating and sustaining a healthy way of work (& life) in the music business.

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meet your instructor
We Are Leo

We Are Leo is an artist, producer and songwriter from the Chicagoland area, currently living and working on music from his home studio on Lake Michigan’s waterfront. Since 2011, We Are Leo has released 4 albums, 14 singles (35 million Global streams to date) and has toured extensively in the US, Canada and Denmark, making appearances at festivals, conferences and over 125 schools with RemedyLive: a mental health non-profit for teens. We Are Leo is best known in collaboration with YouTube’s sensation Dude Perfect which features 7 of his songs in popular videos.

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Frequently asked questions

$139.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (9h 36m)

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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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