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\uffe5The Song Grows Up from Ellis Paul, the second edition of his Song Factory series, is where your song crafting skills and perspiration take over from the inspiration and passion that brought your song idea to life (see Ellis\u2019 Birth of a Song edition).<\/p>\n
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Many songwriters believe that the true art of songwriting doesn\u2019t emerge until the editing process begins, and it\u2019s here in this edition that Ellis passes on the insight, process, and his highly acclaimed \u201cEditing Wheel\u201d toolset for editing and refining your work to produce a finished song suitable for performance and recording.<\/p>\n
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Ellis Paul has written over a thousand songs and has co-written with a who\u2019s who list of major artists. Also a passionate educator, Ellis has mentored hundreds of songwriters over the years and his teaching materials and toolkits on Performance, Song Creation, and Song Editing are referenced daily in the writing rooms of thousands of accomplished songwriters all over the globe.<\/p>\n
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In the first section of The Song Grows Up, Ellis presents his Editing Wheel toolset: The Mission Statement: The Why, The What & The Who, Your Verses: The Story Begins, The Melody: The Staircase, The Senses: Witness the Song, Orchestration: Tension & Release, Narrator & Audience: Are You Talking to Me, Believability: Speak Your Truth, The Bridge: Fresh View, The Chorus: The Emotional Lift<\/p>\n
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\u201dWe\u2019ll be working with a toolset I call \u201cThe Incredible Editing Wheel,\u201d which essentially is a process for refining your song\u2019s Mission Statement: the who, what and why of the song. Once you understand what the song is saying, who the audience is, and what you want it to do in the world, you\u2019ll have a better time recognizing where it falls flat in meeting those goals.<\/p>\n
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The Editing Wheel visualizes the process by breaking the song into its various parts \u2013 the verse, chorus, melody, orchestration, narrator, the senses, believability, and bridge \u2013 and asking, How does each part of the song support the mission statement What is the tone, the subject, who is the narrator How can each one of these sections be refined in a way that improves the mission of the song How can the story be told better, sung more beautifully, more melodically, played with greater emotion\u201d<\/p>\n
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In the second section of the course, Ellis presents a series of lessons focused on the The Arc of the Song demonstrating how his own material was crafted using the editing wheel toolkit.<\/p>\n
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\u201dIn the Arc of a Song section, I\u2019m going to show you three of my own songs; Battle of Charlottesville, The Innocence & the Afterlife, and Straight to the Moon. I\u2019ll take you from the birth of the songs from the first draft, all the way to the final draft. All my journal entries and the MP3\u2019s of the work tapes will be included, so you can see the process of taking a song into the final stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ellis will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches as you work through the course. In addition, you\u2019ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.<\/p>\n
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Grab your pen and guitar \u2013 let\u2019s write songs with Ellis Paul!<\/p>\n
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