Course curriculum

  • 1

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT - SOME BASICS

    • Welcome! Why Emotional Impact?

      FREE PREVIEW

    • The What And The How of Emotional Impact

    • Step One - Touch Somebody

    • "Over and Over and Over" - performance

    • Tips on Structure

    • Writing from Personal Experience

    • Classics versus Trends

    • Melody is Like a Fingerprint or a Signature
  • 2

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT THROUGH CHARACTER STUDIES

    • Character Study Explained - featuring Bill Berry's "Piano Tuner with the Lazy Eye."

    • Bill Berry - The Piano Tuner With The Lazy Eye - Lyric

    • Character Studies

    • Tracy newman sings "Waffle Boy"--another example of a character study song

    • Waffle Boy lyric
  • 3

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT THROUGH PICTURES IN YOUR LYRIC

    • Pictures In Your Lyrics

    • You Oughta Be (Write) In Pictures

    • Truth doesn't have to be Fact

    • Too Far Away performance - Andrea Ross-Greene

    • Truth vs Facts in Songwriting

    • Too Far Away - Lyric
  • 4

    BEFORE YOU WRITE THAT LOVE SONG

    • Love Songs

    • The Lover and The Beloved in Your Songs
  • 5

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT THROUGH PROSODY AND RHYMING

    • Prosody and Lyric Rhythm

    • The Rhythm of the Melody

    • About Rhyming
  • 6

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT THROUGH THE MUSIC

    • Melody

    • Melody - The Unsung Hero

    • Words Or Music - That Is The Question
  • 7

    EMOTIONAL IMPACT THROUGH A JOURNAL ENTRY

    • Why keep a journal?

    • Anna Montgomery sings "Lost Angel Lounge"-- an example of a song written from a journal entry

    • Lost Angel Lounge lyric
  • 8

    MY OTHER COURSES

    • About my online, one-on-one and group classes

    • What some of my students have to say

Instructor

Harriet Schock wrote the words and music to the Grammy-nominated #1 hit, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" plus many songs for other artists, TV shows and films, including “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking,” and PBS children’s series, “Jakers, the Adventures of Piggley Winks” that airs in over 30 countries. Her songs have been recorded by Helen Reddy, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Manfred Mann, Roberta Flack, Lee Greenwood, Carl Anderson, Nancy Wilson, The Partridge Family, The Little Mermaid and many others. As a solo artist, she has seven released albums. She and her band were featured in Henry Jaglom’s film “Irene In Time” performing 4 of Harriet’s songs. She also scored three other Jaglom films. As a solo artist, she has recorded 7 albums. She has performed in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and London. She wrote the book, Becoming Remarkable for Songwriters and Those who Love Songs and teaches songwriting worldwide. A documentary about her is currently in pre-production. It’s called “Hollywood Town – The Harriet Schock Story.” www.harrietschock.com.

Multi-platinum songwriter

Harriet Schock

Harriet Schock wrote the words and music to the Grammy-nominated #1 hit, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" plus many songs for other artists, TV shows and films, including “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking,” and PBS children’s series, “Jakers, the Adventures of Piggley Winks” that airs in over 30 countries. Her songs have been recorded by Helen Reddy, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Manfred Mann, Roberta Flack, Lee Greenwood, Carl Anderson, Nancy Wilson, The Partridge Family, The Little Mermaid and many others. As a solo artist, she has seven released albums. She and her band were featured in Henry Jaglom’s film “Irene In Time” performing 4 of Harriet’s songs. She also scored three other Jaglom films. As a solo artist, she has recorded 7 albums. She has performed in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and London. She wrote the book, Becoming Remarkable for Songwriters and Those who Love Songs and teaches songwriting worldwide. A documentary about her is currently in pre-production. It’s called “Hollywood Town – The Harriet Schock Story.” www.harrietschock.com.