13 to 19 Years Old: Songwriting Lesson
Crafting Powerful Songs with Literary Devices 🤴🏽
Service Description
Our one-on-one songwriting lessons are a creative sanctuary where teens can step into their full artistic selves. In this trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming space, students craft meaningful, genre-spanning songs that reflect their unique voice and lived experiences. With guidance from their instructor, they explore advanced songwriting techniques—such as complex structures, lyrical refinement, and symbolic language—learning to transform personal moments into powerful musical narratives. Expression, experimentation, and identity are at the heart of every session. Piano serves as a compositional compass, helping students refine melodies, harmonies, and arrangements with greater intention and musical depth. Students continue using tools like a MIDI keyboard and BandLab, but now with more creative control—recording multiple layers, fine-tuning performances, shaping arrangements, and making production choices that match the emotional tone of their songs. Foundational mixing and mastering concepts are woven into the process, offering students space to grow these skills in tandem with their evolving artistic vision. Each lesson is personalized, combining real-time instruction with thoughtful pacing and meaningful feedback. Weekly assignments and session recordings help reinforce skills and spark new ideas, while monthly progress reports offer families a window into the student’s artistic development. Students also have secure chat access to their instructor between lessons, ensuring they feel supported through every stage of writing and producing their work. Whether they are building an album, preparing for auditions, or creating music for their own joy and healing, these lessons equip teen songwriters to develop their voice with clarity, courage, and creative authority—laying the groundwork for future artistic goals while celebrating who they are right now.
Booking Policy
At Once Upon a Voice, we are committed to providing a smooth and supportive learning experience for all students and families. Our policies are designed with a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming approach to ensure fairness, consistency, and accessibility. Private students are limited to one lesson per week to ensure fair access to time slots for everyone. Additional lessons scheduled beyond this will be canceled unless they are makeup lessons. Consistent attendance is important for musical development, but we understand that life circumstances such as mental health challenges, sensory overload, or emergencies may occasionally prevent attendance. If you need to cancel a lesson, please do so through our website at least 48 hours in advance. Lessons canceled with at least 48 hours’ notice may be rescheduled, subject to availability. For cancellations made with less than 48 hours’ notice due to illness, emergencies, or personal overwhelm, we will provide a recorded lesson as a replacement if you notify us via text before the lesson begins. Makeup lessons must be scheduled before the next billing cycle. If a student is late to a scheduled lesson, the session will still end at the originally scheduled time to respect the instructor’s and other students’ schedules. We understand that unexpected challenges, such as difficulty transitioning, may occasionally cause delays. In these cases, please notify us so we can explore ways to support you while maintaining smooth studio operations. Parents or guardians of students under 18 must remain reachable during lessons or workshops. If technical difficulties arise, we may need your assistance troubleshooting the issue. Our team and Muzie, the platform we use for lessons and workshops, are available to minimize disruption. Students unable to continue lessons indefinitely due to long-term physical or mental health concerns may request prorated refunds, calculated from the date we receive medical documentation. Temporary absences do not qualify for refunds unless the instructor is unavailable, but students can access accommodations such as rescheduled or recorded sessions to remain engaged. Frequent cancellations, tardiness, or no-shows disrupt learning and the studio schedule. If these issues persist, they may result in limited scheduling options or dismissal. While we are open to discussing individual needs and finding solutions, we ask for consistent communication and a commitment to the agreed-upon schedule.
Contact Us
702-843-6489
info@onceuponavoicellc.com