Truefire Robbie Calvo Write Your First Song

Anyone can write a song! And that's exactly what you will do with Write Your First Song, an extraordinarily intuitive step-by-step guide from singer-songwriter, Nashville producer, and top TrueFire educator Robbie Calvo.

In this step-by-step guide to songwriting, you're going to learn how to develop all of the skills needed to create original music, including guitar Instrumentals and complete songs with lyrics. I've kept the theory to an absolute minimum, showing you only the information you need to know to get you up and running quickly.

You will play and compose your way through the course, writing your own original song as Robbie writes one of his own, alongside you, to illustrate the various steps in the process.

”We'll start the songwriting process by building chord progressions for each of the song sections: Intros, verse and chorus ideas and how to transition between each of those sections. We'll build a complete song framework using our chord progression ideas and then take a look at how to develop melodic ideas over each section. 

We'll explore options for the rhythm, groove, and tempo of a song… because the rhythmic aspect of music is just as important as the chords, melody, and lyrics. I'll also be giving you solid advice on how to develop a song title into a complete song lyric and how to write your verses towards the chorus title and hook lines.

At the end of this course, you'll have completed your song and I'll play mine for you so that you can hear how it all comes together in a finished song. Let's get started!”

Robbie organized the course into a series of sections, each focused on a key aspect of songwriting. In the first section, Robbie presents a series of lessons focused on key understanding you should be aware of: What Is Rhythm?, What Is Harmony?, What Is Melody? What Are Lyrics?, What Is an Instrumental?, and What Is a Song?