Hit Song School provides the hit songwriting tools you need in order for you to write songs that will speak your truth and can be heard by millions.
Hit Song School is the effective, affordable alternative to music college and university settings, designed for you to learn the craft of writing hit songs, on your own schedule.
We offer 10-lesson, online work-at-your-own-pace Melody Writing, Lyric Writing and Track Writing/DAW Arranging hit songwriting courses. Each course includes live, real-time feedback from the instructor. We also offer One-On-One song tutoring and Intentional Songwriting workshops.
From our songwriting courses, tutoring and workshops you will learn the specific melody, lyric, track and song structure differences between a hit song and just a good song, as well as the hit songwriting tips and tricks which have helped hit songwriter & founder, Wayne Cohen, write songs that have sold more than 5 million copies.
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Melody Writing Course
Hit Song School 10-lesson, work-at-your-own-pace online Melody Writing course, with real-time instructor feedback via online video chat.
Students will listen, read text related to, analyze the melodies/melodic structure of, and complete exercises and compose melodies employing melodic techniques found in hit pop songs. Instructor will also provide students with critiques of students’ melodies and melody technique assignments. Course objective is for student to learn and employ techniques and exercises for generating coherent memorable hit song melodies. (Partial syllabus, here.)
The course is taught by multi-platinum, five-million selling songwriter, record producer, artist developer, educator and Hit Song School founder Wayne Cohen.
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Enroll in our Melody Writing, 10 lesson, work-at-your-own-pace online course, with real-time instructor feedback, here.
Lyric Writing Course
Hit Song School 10-lesson, work-at-your-own-pace online Lyric Writing course, with real-time instructor feedback via online video chat, by 5M-selling hit songwriter and founder Wayne Cohen. Students will learn and employ techniques for generating compelling titles, stories, structure, hooks, consistent lyric perspective, and universal, real, urgent emotional truths, found in hit pop songs. Students will also listen, read text related to, analyze the lyric structure of current hit songs. Instructor will provide students with critiques of students’ lyric writing technique assignments. Course objective is for students to learn and employ techniques and exercises for generating coherent memorable hit song lyrics. (Partial syllabus, here.)
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Enroll in our Lyric Writing, 10 lesson, work-at-your-own-pace online course, with real-time instructor feedback, here.
One-On-One Song Tutoring
↑ Hit Song School individual 1-hour song tutoring sessions via video chat or in-person meeting. 5M-selling songwriter and founder Wayne Cohen shares a series of personalized hit songwriting tools gleaned from 25 years as a songwriter/co-writer/producer/artist developer, which will help you to create immediately impactful attention-grabbing songs. You will also receive detailed melody, lyric, structure and track critiques of your songs. Enroll, here.
Saturday Songwriting Intensive Workshop
5-million selling songwriter and Hit Song School founder Wayne Cohen leads a song tutoring workshop, at NYC studio Stand Up Sound, via Zoom. Workshop includes a critique of your song by Wayne.
In this workshop, you will:
Wake up your creative thinking
Learn the differences between a hit song and just a good song
Learn intentional melody, lyric and songs structure tips
Receive melody, lyric, structure and track critiques of your songs
Bring 1-2 songs or songs-in-progress to be shared during the workshop.
Attend this workshop, and learn to create immediately impactful, attention-grabbing songs. For aspiring and pro songwriters.
Next workshop will be 2 - 6pm ET Saturday April 29 or May 6, 2023 , via Zoom, enroll, here.
HSS Saturday Songwriting Workshop attendee
HSS ICMP song workshop, London, UK
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Track Writing/DAW Arranging Course
Hit Song School 10-lesson, work-at-your-own-pace online Track Writing/DAW arranging course, with real-time instructor feedback via online video chat by 5M-selling hit songwriter and founder Wayne Cohen. Students will learn to analyze and employ contemporary pop track writing, arranging and production techniques, including use of Pro Tools, and various soft synth samplers, beat making apps and digital plug-ins. Students will also listen, read text related to, analyze the track structure of current hit songs. (Partial syllabus, here.)
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Video song critiques:
For a limited time, hit songwriter and Hit Song School founder Wayne Cohen is offering cost-effective video song critiques, delivered directly to your inbox. These personalized videos give you precise melodic, lyrical and structural feedback on your songs. Wayne’s critiques will help you understand and implement improvements that make the difference between a breakthrough song and just a good song (see student reviews, here). These individualized critiques were previously only available in our 1-on-1 song tutoring and group workshops.
So send Wayne your songs and get your critiques now while they are available as a stand-alone offering!
U.S. payments $45 per song; non-U.S. payments $55.
Enroll here, and then upload a recording and lyrics of your song to the private folder, here. You’ll receive your critique within 4 working days.
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"I took so much from your Songwriting class - What you said about how the structure should be satisfying, and being critical of whether each melody serves its function, was a much-needed reminder for me to stay focused on the experience of the listener and what will hold their attention throughout the writing process.” - Eloise W.
"I really enjoyed your class, you were able to explain songwriting in a way I had never heard about it before.” - Silvan R.
“Wayne is great, he’s taught me so much about songwriting and always inspires me to keep writing. He has the best advice and his positive attitude pushes me to work harder.” - Song tutoring student
"Thanks for the great advice and suggestions. Your tutoring was everything I was hoping for!" - Matt H.
“This course has been by far the most beneficial course I have taken...Wayne is an exceptional teacher who has mastered delivering feedback in a constructive/critical way. It is easy to tell he truly believes in the method he is teaching, and truly cares about the subject. My abilities have grown tremendously since I began studying with him.” - Song tutoring student
"The approach and material taught in this course been the most valuable asset to my craft” - Song tutoring student
“Working with Wayne was a phenomenal experience. Wayne helped me to reconnect with what I really want to write, he helped me to see which aspects of songwriting I should prioritize in order to avoid ending up in a creative dead end, and he helped me to realize how essential rewriting is to the process of creating breakthrough songs. As someone who has been writing songs for years, I have never been more excited or prepared to write music than I am now.” - Joel Collins
Success Stories
Here are some Hit Song School student success stories:
TV SYNC
‘Raise Us Up’ composed by HSS-mentored students Hannah Beighton, Ree, Maki Flow & James Newhook, synched on UK ITV4’s ‘Live Snooker Championship Coverage’.
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‘Give Me You’ written by HSS- mentored student Eden, synched on CBS Television show ‘The Young And The Restless’.
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‘Imma Drive’ written by HSS-mentored student Ayn, synched on CBS Television show ‘The Young And The Restless’.
Dedicated to sharing the tools you need to succeed.
In order to break through as a songwriter or artist you need hit pop songs. Hit songs are powerful, perfect 3-minute encapsulations of a particular emotional moment that connects with millions of people and propels the careers of their artists and songwriters forward. However, in order to write or identify a hit song, you need to understand the melody, lyric, track and structural song craft that differentiates a hit song from just a good song. Hit Song School is designed to nurture that quiet voice inside you that has a million song ideas but needs help crafting them. HSS provides you with your own customized songwriting toolkit in order to effectively speak your truth, weave your unique emotional stories into hit pop song gems, and network with aspiring songwriters and artists, in a highly supportive environment.
So move your truth to the top of your to-do list, commit to your future, study at hitsongschool.com!
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Fees:
ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING
ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING VIA ZOOM: $160 per hour (U.S. payments)
ENROLL IN ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING , U.S. payments CLICK HERE; non-U.S. payments CLICK HERE.
SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PACKAGE: FIVE, ONE-ON-ONE 1 hour TUTORING SESSIONS (IN-PERSON OR VIA ZOOM): U.S. payments $699 (regular price $800), CLICK HERE; non-U.S. payments $730 (regular price $850), CLICK HERE.
COURSES
Online 10-LESSON INTERACTIVE COURSES, via GOOGLE CLASSROOM : U.S. payments $1200; non-U.S. payments $1250
COURSE DISCOUNTS available:
Use code 10LCD for special one-course discounted price of U.S. payments $1035 (regular price $1200); non-U.S. payments $1085 (regular price $1250)
Use code 210LCD for special two-course discounted bundle price of U.S. payments $1800 (regular price $2400); non-U.S. payments $1900 (regular price $2500)
ENROLL IN THE 10-LESSON MELODY WRITING COURSE, U.S. payments CLICK HERE; non-U.S. payments CLICK HERE.
ENROLL IN THE 10-LESSON LYRIC WRITING COURSE, CLICK HERE; non-U.S. payments CLICK HERE.
SATURDAY SONG WORKSHOP
2 - 6pm ET Saturday April 29 or May 6, 2023.
To receive your $60 discount:
• Enroll by April 28, 2023
• At checkout use code SSW60
(U.S. payments) - with code: $180 (regular price $240):
Saturday Song Workshop (U.S. payments)
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(Non U.S. payments) - with code: $200 (regular price $260):
• After adding to CART, click on cart icon
• Click on ‘CHECKOUT’
• Under ‘ORDER SUMMARY’ enter discount code SSW60, then click ‘APPLY’.
VIDEO SONG CRITIQUES:
Enroll: U.S. payments $45 CLICK HERE;
Enroll: non-U.S. payments $55 CLICK HERE.
Hit Song School Refund policy:
30-day money back guarantee for online courses
Full refund 24 hours prior to one-on-one tutoring or workshop appointments
50% no show fee for one-on-one tutoring or workshop sessions cancelled later than 24 hours in advance of scheduled time