A nine-time-GRAMMY® nominee, JUNO award winning and three-time-GMA Dove Award® winning artist, songwriter and producer.

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Intro & Getting Started

Developing an Idea, Hymn, Melody & Theme

Finishing Melody & Developing a Rough Outline of Song

Refining Lyric & Working on Demo 

Adding Production Elements & Editing 

Final Bounce & Closing Thoughts

Learn everything you need to write a meaningful worship song. In this class, 9x Grammy-nominee Matt Maher takes you into his studio and teaches you his complete songwriting process, helping you fall in love with the wonder of a song. Follow along as he takes a basic idea, connects it to an old hymn, & develops it into a modern song, right in front of you.

In the class, Matt Maher breaks down his songwriting process into clear, actionable steps. Follow along with Matt’s process step by step and write your own worship songs. You can also watch Matt’s process in full first and then bring the ideas, tools, and techniques into your own projects.

 By following Matt’s proven process, you’ll learn everything you need to write songs like these:

Follow Matt Maher's writing process, step by step

Matt Maher is a 9x-Grammy nominated, JUNO award winning and 3X GMA Dove Award winning artist, songwriter, and producer.

In this class, Matt Maher teaches you everything he knows about writing a worship song.

During class, Matt brings you into his studio and shares with you his entire songwriting process from start to finish. You’ll follow along with Matt as he writes and records a brand new song completely from scratch, starting from how he finds his initial idea and connects it to a hymn from the past, all the way through refining lyric, adding production elements, and finalizing the demo.

Along the way, Matt explains everything that he’s doing and thinking in detail — every idea, decision, tool, and technique. By the end of class, you’ll know everything you need to write worship songs of your very own.

Learn Matt Maher's approach to writing worship songs

Since his major-label debut in 2008, Matt Maher has become a staple in the artistic and songwriting community. A nine-time-GRAMMY® nominee and three-time-GMA Dove Award® winner, he has garnered multiple radio successes, writing and recording songs such as his Top 5 CCLI song “Lord, I Need You” and the chart-topping radio singles “Because He Lives (Amen)” and “Alive & Breathing.” Along with other hits such as “Hold Us Together,” “Christ Is Risen,” “All The People Said Amen,” and “Your Grace Is Enough,” Maher has written or co-written six No. 1 radio singles.

Penning numerous songs recorded by Chris Tomlin, Crowder, Mercy Me, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Big Daddy Weave, Matt Redman, We Are Messengers, Chris Renzema, Mack Brock, Brandon Lake among others, he’s had multiple titles on the CCLI chart’s Top 500 list. With career global streams of over 1.2 billion, as well as album sales of more than 600,000 units to date, Maher was awarded RIAA Platinum® certification for “Lord, I Need You” and RIAA Gold® certification for “Hold Us Together,” “All The People Said Amen,” and  “Because He Lives (Amen)”. He’s released ten studio albums, including his 2017 GRAMMY-nominated album Echoes, and his first Christmas album and children’s book, both titled The Advent of Christmas.

Maher, an official Steinway Artist, has been headlining his own tours and performing at major Catholic and Evangelical events since 2004, including multiple World Youth Day festivals, most recently in Rio De Janeiro presided by Pope Francis.  Maher has also toured with Toby Mac, Chris Tomlin, Casting Crowns. Third Day, MercyMe, and Jars Of Clay, among others.