The Songwriters Workshop and Seminar

The workshops and seminars are designed to help participants develop their own method for writing lyrics.
The focus is on the most important aspects of lyric writing with practical exercises and lyric writing tips.
The workshops and seminars can be conducted in English or German.

Workshop Themes include:
- how to collect ideas
- where to find ideas
- writing tools and how to use them
- rhyme & thesaurus dictionaries
Gestalt & Form / The Step by Step Process
- finding the right title
- story boarding & free forms
- typical song forms and structures
- finding lyrical coherence
- creating imagery/pictures
- figures of speech/expression
- language rhythm & rhyme schemes
- writing exercises & sketches
- editing tips
- accenting
- writing lyrics for melodies
Analysis
- selected lyrics will be analysed and discussed

(English version): Songwriters Workshop Flyer.pdf


Workshops in 2011

A two day intensive beginners and advanced workshop
was hosted by the Go Vocal School in Stuttgart from January 28 - 30, 2011.
I wish to thank all particpants and the Go Vocal team for two very enjoyable days!
Stayed tuned for the next workshops in Stuttgart.

A four hour lyric writing seminar was held at the Neue Jazzschool in Munich on May 7, 2011
I wish to thank the Neue Jazzschool and the participants for a wonderful afternoon.


Jazzschule Berlin - 15 Week Lyric Writing Courses


For more information contact:
Jazzschule Berlin
c/o ufafabrik e.V. (im Studio 2)
Viktoriastr. 10-18
12105 Berlin
Tel.: 030 / 2180 2725
Or at: Jazzschule Berlin

Stuttgart Workshops
Go Vocal School for Pop-Singing
Junghansstr. 5
70469 Stuttgart


More infos and registration: Go Vocal

Lyrics on Verve Records

Till Broenner

Our Game
from “Love”, Till Broenner & "Once For Every Heart", Mark Murphy (USA)
To listen to this song at Till's web site: Till Broenner

Our Game.pdf

Tell Me
from “Chattin´with Chet”, Till Broenner
To listen to this song at Till's web site: Till Broenner

Tell Me.pdf

Your Way To Say Goodbye
from “That Summer”, Till Broenner
To listen to the following two songs at Till's web site: Till Broenner

Your Way To Say Goodbye.pdf

Ready or Not
from “That Summer”, Till Broenner

Ready Or Not.pdf

Translations for Rosenstolz and Rammstein

Engel/Angel
Sehnsucht - Motor Music GmbH 1997
(original lyrics & music by Rammstein/ English translations by R. Hoare)

Engel/Angel.pdf

Herzensschoener/Hearts Desire
(Platte/Err/Hoare) - 1998 Partitur Musikverlag
(original lyrics & music by Rosenstolz/ English translation by R. Hoare)

Herzensschoener.pdf

Lyrics for Morning Oyster Musick

No Paradise
(Phonector Records 2004)
In the late 90s someone wrote, "No paradise, create it" on a toilet wall in a Berliner club . . .
No Paradise.pdf

Pictures
(M.O.M. 2010)
Pictures.pdf

U Like Alright
(Hein/Hoare 2009)
U Like Alright.pdf

Coffee Anyone? - Operetta Libretto / Premiere Berlin October 2007

Coffee Anyone? Libretto.pdf
View a short video excerpt: This Town
View a short video excerpt: With Coffee