Robin Frederick has written and produced more than 500 songs for television, records, theater, and audio products. She's a former Director of A&R and Production for Rhino Records and Executive Producer of over 60 albums. Robin is the author of several top-selling songwriting books, including "Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting," "Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV," and the eBooks "Study the Hits" and "The 30-Minute Songwriter." She's a former President of Los Angeles Women in Music and former Vice President of the Los Angeles Chapter of The Recording Academy (the Grammy organization).
What's Covered

* Make your song compelling
* It starts with the muse
* Polish with craft
* Sorting through the inspiration
* Stay focused - know what you're writing about
* Creating an emotional bond with your audience

* Using the Charts to find songs you like - songs that move you
* Study the chart hits to learn the techniques

* Adopting these techniques

Pitching to Film and TV

* Explore your market
* Demos for film and TV
* What is Authenticity and why is it essential?
* Reaching out to the industry
* Pitching to a music supervisor (finding the "use" of the song)
* The difference between Source Music and Song Score

The 30-Minute Songwriter

* Work your creative muscle

* Segmenting your songwriting

* Organize and build your song catalog

Robin's Quotes

"Emotion and inspiration should lead, and craft should support it."

"Music Supervisors respond to authentic emotion as long as you are doing something within the "use" that they are going to have."

Resources

BDS Radio
Songwriter Link
Tune Find
TAXI

Robin's Links

RobinFrederick.com
MySongCoach.com
Twitter
Facebook

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