Songwriting Workshop | Beyond Cliched Lyrics—Deep Dive into Metaphor Magic

Overview

Write better lyrics using the magic of metaphor to express your ideas in unique, fresh, and completely original ways. No more cliches!

This Workshop is all about lyric writing – and how to access one of the most potent types of language to uncover completely new, original, and unique ways to express your song ideas.

In 90 minutes, we’ll reverse engineer the architecture of several contemporary songs that use compelling metaphors as the furnace that drives the whole song idea. I’ll show you how the metaphors works, how to extract the principles of writing great metaphors from these songs, and how to build great lyrics using one central metaphor. I’m also going to show you the best book by far that you can own to help you write songs like this.

We’ll work through real-time writing exercises that will equip you to create new neural pathways in your brain, seeing the world through a new lens that will furnish you with great lyrics, as well as core concepts for expressing your song ideas.

It’ll be fun. I promise.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for songwriters of any level of experience – and creative writers in any form – who are looking for new ways to freshen up their lyrics and writing. Maybe you are stuck half-way through a song; you might be getting bored of the same ways you always approach lyrics; you might want regular exercises to practice your writing skills and give yourself some structure. If you’re looking to write better lyrics, and be able to create original ideas and imagery, this is for you.

Your Teacher

THIS WORKSHOP IS TAUGHT BY KEPPIE COUTTS.

Hey there! I’m a professional songwriter, and songwriting teacher. I’ve been teaching song and lyric writing for over 10 years now for some of the best contemporary music colleges in the world. I teach for the Berklee College of Music (online, from beautiful Sydney, Australia), for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Open Academy, as well as for the Australian College of the Arts. At other times, I’ve taught for the Australian Institute of Music, as well as the LA School of Songwriting.

As a professional songwriter, I work in collaboration with many artists—from Indie bluegrass Canadians, to major label pop acts, and even heavy metal. In the past 12 months, songs I have written or co-written have had over 5.3 million streams on Spotify and YouTube.

You can find my music and collaborations here.

My goal is to help people write better songs! My experience in the classroom, with thousands of students at this point (many going on to find careers and success in music), is that your songwriting, like all things, can get better with meaningful, deliberate practice. My intention is to share the skills, knowledge, information, and ideas that I’ve had the privilege of gathering with anyone who wants to improve their songwriting.

You can check out my YouTube channel, How To Write Songs, here!

You can read my articles and posts on songwriting tips and tidbits here!

For those in the USA or EU, please note that this workshop takes place on August 25 in your time zone!

Refund Policy

No refunds