The course consists of 6 lessons, released weekly over a period of 6 weeks. You can complete the lessons at your own pace, and revisit them as many times as you like.
If you’ve been sitting on a folder of half-finished lyrics, here is why you should consider enrolling in a free course today.
The University of Sheffield offers a popular How to Write Your First Song course designed specifically for absolute beginners. What You Will Learn
Here's a sneak peek at the course outline:
If ten thousand aspiring songwriters take the same free course on "How to Write a Billboard Hit," they will all learn the same 6-second hook structure, the same 80 BPM ballad pacing, and the same lyrical tropes (moon/June, fire/desire). The result is not a renaissance of diverse voices but a monoculture of competent mediocrity. The free course inadvertently teaches conformity because conformity is easy to measure and teach. Originality, weirdness, and structural risk-taking are nearly impossible to systematize into a free PDF.