Here's a Quick Glimpse Into What This Course Has in Store for You

This Video Describes How You Can Easily Turn the Favorite Parts of Your Favorite Songs Into Songs of Your Own

To Sum Up the Video:

This course will teach you how to uncover important artifacts in other people’s songwriting in order to bring originality and inspiration into your own arrangements and songs. By the end of this course you will have learned:

  • how to critically listen to stellar original songwriting in a manner that teaches you how to create your own ideas
  • how to uncover the skills, melodies, techniques, etc., in your favorite songs, and turn those ideas into original hooks of your own


Hi, I’m Dr. Dave.

I've been instructing people in the musical arts in the Private, Media, Business, Collegiate, and Educational sector for 25+ years. I've had the pleasure of traveling to over 17 countries and 48 of the 50 states to train bands and musicians to improve in a variety of ways. 

Now I'm excited to teach you!!!

I also want you to know How Much Money This Course Will Save You ... This concentrated video series teaches you skills that take the normal student in private one-on-one sessions 1-year to complete.

~ Your Cost: $99 ~ It is a $900 value.

Prerequisites: We recommend that you are able to perform all the melodic movements and understand all the theory given in our 5-Fret Alphabet, and Chording Up the Neck course before attempting this course.

Background Checked and Family Friendly

Safety and Integrity are My Priority: I've gone the extra mile to demonstrate to you that I'm absolutely safe for adults and kids of all ages by being properly screened and background checked. You can see my Online Teacher Profile Here.

Online Music Collaborative Environment


You'll be writing your own compositions throughout this course. We utilize an online portal (monitored for student safety) where students can connect to upload song ideas for feedback and creating together.

Groups Can Enroll Together and Take This Course in One of Two Ways:

~ Students can enroll for college credit through one of our college partners.

You can assemble your own group of 2-10 people in your community, church, or online, and enroll using our Group Discount Pricing (see below). Once you purchase a group rate, we will send you a COUPON CODE that your fellow students can use to Signup/Login and join you.

Course Curriculum

  Introduction
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  Lesson 1: Birdy Goes Pop | Technique or Skill
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  Lesson 2: The Kansas Wind | Picking Arpeggios and Accompaniment
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  Lesson 3: One, Two, Three | The Bass Line
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  Lesson 4: Just Like Yesterday | Melodic Movement
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  Lesson 5: Great is Thy Faithfulness | Arranging
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  Lesson 6: Riffin' Lady | Building From a Riff
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  Lesson 7: Dreamin' California | A Song Portion
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  Lesson 8: Bottles, Moons, and Gongs | Voicing, Tonality, & Technique
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  Wrap up
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Available for College Credit

The "scroll" icon on any of the thumbnails indicates that you can take this course from one of our college partners for college credit. See the undergraduate and graduate programs that this course is a part of now.

Discounted Instructor Credits

A "hand" icon on any of the thumbnails indicates that credits can be Purchased Here to add-on a private instructor to your video courses.


Each credit buys you "1-Hour" of an instructor's time, and can be used in any way or at any time you wish with Proof of Your Course Enrollment.

Part of our Degree Program

The above icon indicates that this course is part of our Living Worship Collective.


Our Living Worship Degree is made up of 18-Credit Hour Core Courses and 6-Credit Hour Electives, and 6-Practicum Courses all pertaining to Worship and Mission. For those who are specifically interested in music, we offer an additional and optional 12-Hour Composition add-on.


30-Day Money Back Guarantee: As with all our courses, if you're not 100% elated with our instruction, we'll refund your money if cancelled before 30-Days. No questions asked.

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