Advanced Writing 4 hours 270 XP on completion

Topline & Hook Writing

Writing the part people remember.

Writing melody and lyric over an existing instrumental, the way most commercial songs are actually made.

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1. Writing to a track

4 lessons

The topline discipline.

○ What a topline is and who writes it Reading 11 min ○ Finding the pocket in an instrumental Reading 13 min ○ Melodic rhythm against the beat Reading 13 min ○ Leaving space for the production Reading 12 min

2. The hook

6 lessons

What makes something stick.

○ Repetition, and how much is too much Reading 12 min ○ The one-note hook and the leap hook Reading 12 min ○ Lyrical hooks versus melodic hooks Reading 12 min ○ Placement: where the hook should land Reading 12 min ○ Three toplines, one instrumental Studio 35 min ○ Topline final Quiz 10 min

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