Studio Pass: Periphery
Matt Halpern
learn the most important components of metal/rock songwriting.
It’s easy for musicians to get so caught up in the latest gear, plugins, and presets, and forget that ultimately, it’s all about the music. Join Eyal Levi and special guests Ryan Clark (Demon Hunter), Todd Jones (Nails, Terror), and John Browne (Monuments) for an in-depth exploration of what it takes to craft great songs.
Eyal will share the tricks of the songwriting trade he’s learned over years of experience as a producer at Audiohammer Studios (The Black Dahlia Murder, August Burns Red, Whitechapel) and guitarist for Century Media/Roadrunner artists Daath. Throughout this two-day course, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the three core components of metal/rock songwriting. You’ll learn about basic song structure and riff-writing; melodies, leads, and vocals; and fine-tuning the arrangement to take your song from good to great. Eyal will be joined by special guests—from musicians to producers and more—who will empower you to take your songwriting to new heights.
Great course, I have enjoyed it a lot and I'm sure I will come back to reinforce many of the concepts shown through the videos. Right now I'm good to go with ideas to apply to my songwriting skills and reinforce several concepts I already had developed prior to this course. This is a great lesson series... even for advanced musicians, anyone can get stuck in this wonderful world of writing and this course shows you tools to get out the best of this process.
Thank heaps Eyal Levi! This is a mindblowing course and finally putting so many things in the right spot in my mind.
I really enjoyed the class but I am curious as to where the writing template for the DAW, the music theory template and the warmup that were promised to be included are at? Maybe that should be clarified or the materials be provided.
This was a massively inspirational and incredibly helpful course. By the end of it I had a notebook full of incredibly useful tips and tricks, and I definitely plan a rewatch as soon as possible. I've been in bands writing songs for the better part of 15 years, but this has put a lot of focus on some of the corners I've cut or the areas where I've been lazy with the smaller details. No matter where you are in your songwriting you'll definitely benefit from this, and Eyal articulates everything in an engaging way and positive way. Even if you think you're a good songwriter, there's a tonne here you can benefit from. 10/10 - Thanks Eyal!
Awesome insight and perspective on the songwriting process Eyal and crew! Thanks so much for all the instruction you provide...so even old dogs like me can continue to learn. Cheers from New Hampshire! -Jon
I'm glad I can replay this any time I want. There is a wealth of knowledge here. Don't expect to adsorb it in one (or two, etc..) viewings. There's a little bit of everything metal in this course and some damn handy tricks. I'll be watching this a few more times and going through these exercises for sure. Props to both of you for bringing Brown in there to breakdown some of his ideas and approaches. Invaluable stuff.
I'm not a big Metal fan, but I still loved this class. Eyal's immense breadth of musical knowledge comes through clearly, and I learned a lot. (Plus, you have to respect that beard!)
incredible cource Eyal is an incredible musician with a lot to learn from.
This class was awesome ! Loved it from beginning to end. Learned allot, and walked away with stuff to keep learning. This is a great tool for anyone who enjoys song writing.
Eyal and all the guests are awesome here and really provide a solid education on Songwriting and writing within the Metal genre. One thing that Eyal said that really struck a chord with me, was how Songwriting was being taught at the music school he dropped out of and how it was uninspiring. I completely and thoroughly agree. I own many, many books and videos on Songwriting and I cannot get past the first few pages because it doesn't speak to me and my needs as a Songwriter who is focused on writing Metal. I've been playing Guitar for 25 years now and this is the very first course I've seen that takes Metal songwriting seriously and as a subject worth studying. I would like to commend CreativeLive on having the guts to feature heavy music so prominently in their courses and thank them for helping us establish Metal as a more serious genre. One that is worthy of awards, praise, distinction and honor. In Metal and Strength, R. Ross Strength Keeper Songwriting/Guitars/Vocals/Arranging
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