Song writing seminar
- What’s your favorite song and what is it about?
- What makes this song “stick” in your head?
- If you were marketing the song, who would you market it to and why?
Discuss Verse, Chorus and Bridge
Verse – Tells the Story
🎶 Chorus – The Heart of the Song
🎸 Bridge – A Surprise or Shift
- The verses give the details, changing each time to move the story forward.
- They set the scene, introduce ideas, and help listeners understand the message.
🧠 Think of it as the “chapters” in a book.
🎶 Chorus – The Heart of the Song
- The chorus usually stays the same each time.
- It’s the catchy, the part people remember and sing along with.
- It often sums up the main idea or feeling of the song.
💡 It’s like the main message written in bold.
🎸 Bridge – A Surprise or Shift
- The bridge brings a change in lyrics, melody, or emotion.
- It adds contrast or a twist before the final chorus, keeping things interesting.
Look up your favorite song lyrics and identify the Verse, Bridge and Chorus - LINK
Why This Matters:
- Keeps listeners emotionally connected
- Makes the song easier to remember and sing
- Helps the songwriter organize ideas clearly
Happy - Identify the verse, chorus and bridge
Happy - Lyrics
Talk about feelings
Returning Emotions (from the original Inside Out)These are the core emotions from Riley’s childhood, still active in her mind:
🌪️ New Emotions (introduced in Inside Out 2)These arrive as Riley enters adolescence, adding complexity to her inner world:
- Joy – cheerful, optimistic, and always trying to keep Riley happy
- Sadness – emotional, empathetic, and deeply reflective
- Anger – hot-headed, justice-driven, quick to react
- Fear – cautious, anxious about danger or embarrassment
- Disgust – sassy, sharp, helps Riley avoid bad choices (and broccoli)
🌪️ New Emotions (introduced in Inside Out 2)These arrive as Riley enters adolescence, adding complexity to her inner world:
- Anxiety – high-energy and controlling, wants to protect Riley but often overdoes it
- Envy – always comparing, longing for what others have
- Embarrassment – shy and quiet, big and blushing
- Ennui – French-accented boredom, uninterested and emotionally detached
Select a song
1) Concept
2) Title
3) Song Map
2) Title
3) Song Map
Happy Assignment: |
For the song Happy, what is the Concept, the Title and the Song Map?
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| happy.pdf |
Your Song
1) Concept you'd like to share - Feeling and some experience
2) Title - Come up with a title to the song
3) Write a song map