Thanks Miss M. I'm not sure what the class will want which is what makes it so difficult. The more I think about it, the more I worry. I've written a lot of songs starting when I was 15, but I'm not sure how to teach it. I'm doing the class as a favor for a lady who is helping me with a project so I have to do it. Eeek.

It would be fun to incorporate the different musical styles, but there will be no musicians there and they are the ones who develop the style. The guys I work with can take a melody and arrange it any style I want.

I think I might focus on accessing the muse and try to teach the writers how to hear the melodies in words then use the beats in poetry to develop a song. I think that's the way I do it.

What do you think about that approach?
Anymore ideas?

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