Basic Melody In Songwriting

Author: Jack Perricone

Lesson description

Berklee College of Music faculty member and successful songwriter Jack Perricone shares lessons from the songwriting curriculum he teaches at Berklee. In this lesson, he teaches some of the tips and techniques of writing hit songs.

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