This year’s Song Academy Young Songwriter competition attracted over 850 entries from aspiring young songwriters aged 8-18 across the world, both experienced young songwriters and those who’ve written their first song. The judges were extremely impressed with the originality, creativity & musical bravery of the songs. We interviewed each of the finalists to get to […]
Songs reveal the hearts & minds of young people. Impressive originality, creativity & musical bravery displayed. Young people have a unique way of expressing themselves, they are a new generation experiencing life in the most vivid and visceral way. SAYS22 gives the unheard youth a voice and platform to express themselves and be heard. The […]
I have been amazed at the songs in this year’s Song Academy Young Songwriter 2022 competition. Award winning songwriter, Emily Phillips, chairs the main Song Academy Young Songwriter 2022 competition * judging panel and has had the stimulating & challenging experience of listening to and judging all 852 songs entered into this year’s competition. A […]
Championing youth creativity and originality. Supporting the mental health of young people. Listening to the unheard youth and giving them a platform to share what’s important to them. Connecting young songwriters across the world, to collaborate and lead the future of music. Nurturing the next generation of creative leaders from diverse backgrounds Star Judges include […]
A must for aspiring young songwriters! Develop your songwriting skills. Be inspired. Meet like-minded young people. Write great songs. Enter your songs into The Young Songwriter 2022 competition! Bookings are now open for our popular online and in-person songwriting workshops over the February half-term & the Easter holidays! Songwriting workshops for beginners, intermediates & advanced […]
Get inspired with these songwriting tips from The Young Songwriter competition 2022 (#SAYS22) judges & ambassadors! We’re running a campaign to help inspire and share wisdom with the next generation of songwriters. Over the #SAYS22 competition period we’ll be sharing 15 second songwriting tips from our judges, Song Academy ambassadors & professional songwriters around the […]
When we use rhyme in writing song lyrics, it helps to keep a rhyme scheme in mind. Rhyme helps give a song a sense of structure and make lines more memorable and catchy. Here is a quick recap of how rhyme schemes work, if needed – Look at the lines below: Twinkle twinkle little star […]
Inspire your students to write their own songs & give them tools to get started. Songwriting helps students find their voice & find their tribe. Music is central to youth culture. One of the key questions that young people ask when they first meet is “what music do you listen to?” It matters to them […]
Turning a poem into a song. Poetry and songwriting are very closely connected – in fact, many songwriters have stated that they started out writing poems before they wrote songs, and those poems became the basis for their lyrics. So what do a poem and a song have in common? Both make use of RHYTHM […]
We encourage all young songwriters to develop a knowledge of production as it opens up a new creative dimension to songwriting across different genres and helps to enhance the impact of a song. It’s important to note that you do not need incredible production skills and a top mix in order to submit a successful […]
