Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue 29th Jul, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm
What makes a song work?
Join Boo Hewerdine in a masterclass that examines the reasons why a song may or may not work. In this session, Boo will take a well-known song and breakdown its component parts to examine why it’s successful, demonstrating the nuts and bolts of songwriting. He’ll look at lyrics, melody, chord progressions and the editing process. Later, Boo will put one of his own songs through the same examination to discuss his individual approach.
Whether you’re new to writing, polishing your umpteenth draft, or simply want to try a taster of a different style, form, or genre, we’re confident you’ll enjoy and be inspired by these focused shorter masterclass and workshop sessions. All hosted by Moniack Mhor on Zoom Pro, usually with an opportunity to ask questions too.
Tutor
Boo Hewerdine is a singer-songwriter, musician, producer and experienced tutor and mentor. He has written songs for Eddi Reader, k.d. lang, Chris Difford and many others. He has produced numerous albums, run a record label and been involved in music as a business for many years. His latest album, Understudy (a commercial and critical success), was released in 2022.
In 2024, he wrote with Adam Holmes for his new album Dreamwaver, among other projects.
Visit: boohewerdine.net
Fees
We are running this as a ‘pay as you can’ event. Please see our booking options below. By paying our standard price wherever possible you help us give people on lower incomes more opportunities to attend, thank you.
We have a limited number of free places for this event, if these are showing as not available and you need a free place to be able to access the event, please email a request to us on online@moniackmhor.org.uk, thank you.
Access
Please let us know in your booking form if you have any access requirements when working online so we can do our best to support you. For more information about access to our courses, please visit our Access page.
Terms and Conditions
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