Prosody: Take Your Songwriting to the Next Level
AMF is pleased to welcome
Berklee College of Music professor
Pat Pattison
Monday, May 19
Sponsored in part by the Sheraton Austin Hotel
We're sorry, but this Small Group Session is FULL.
Learn to improve the relationship between song lyrics and music at this special, musician-focused seminar. Increase the power of your songs by crafting your lyrics into stable and unstable sections.
The focus of the session will include how the elements of structure, including rhythm, rhyme, rhyme types, line lengths and number of lines, create motion to support the emotion of your song.
Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches Lyric Writing and Poetry. In addition to his three books, Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming, Pat has developed three online lyric-writing courses for Berklee's online school. He has written over 30 articles for Home & Studio Recording Magazine and The Performing Songwriter. Pat continues to present songwriting clinics across the US, Canada, and the UK. Several of his students have won Grammys, including John Mayer and Gillian Welch.
Pat Pattison's Web site
Pat Pattison's Bio
Verse Development article by Pat Pattison
Pat Pattison's MySpace page
Berklee Shares Free Online Music Lessons
Making a Video on a Budget for the DIY Artist
Wednesday, June 11
7:00 pm
Instructors: Andrew Brooksbank
& Phil Bracy
How do you create an accurate and powerful representation of your music that captures the style and significance of your art? Need a high-caliber, cost-effective video but don't know where to start? Learn tips and techniques for making quality videos while keeping your production costs down from two local professionals who will discuss sound fidelity, location selection, lighting, and other essentials to know before you get in front of or behind the camera.
Andrew Brooksbank is a photojournalist at News8Austin. Together with Phil Bracy, News8 audio engineer, they have shot over 50 local and international bands as part of News8's Austin Rooftop Live team.
Andrew has been a photojournalist for two years following a stint as a network editor in Australia. He's shot and edited projects from band videos to short films on super 8, 16 mm, and video formats.
In addition to being an audio engineer, Phil Bracy is a member of local band Head Panic and has shot numerous videos for fellow local bands. His role is to ensure sound quality, but he also can give tips on getting your video exposed to different audiences.
To register for Small Group Sessions:
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Space is limited, and reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
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AMF members are given priority in registering.
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Please include your full name if it's not obvious from your email address.
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You may register for yourself only.
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You will receive an email back confirming your registration or letting you know that the session is full.
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Groups tend to fill up quickly, so email promptly if you are interested.
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Small Group Sessions are free to attend.
