Song Sessions
Song Sessions are "rewriting" classes featuring one or two instructors, a student and their "finished" song. These sessions illustrate how applying the principles taught at Songwork can dramatically improve the impact of a song.
The student starts off the class by playing the current version of one of their songs. Then, the instructor(s) examines everything from melody issues to point of view to phrasing and story develoment. These opinions are given to suggest to the writer what they could do, not what they should do. The process is extremely useful for both participant and observers alike. All issues covered in these classes can be applied with striking results by almost any songwriter at any stage in their songwriting career.
About Journey of a Song Videos (scroll down to view)
In this series of videos, Steve Seskin conducts a "song session" on his own songs, taking a look at what each song illustrates and talking about changes he made and why. In the coming months, we will feature many more writers sharing their process, analyzing specific songs.