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You’ve got a great idea for a song, now what should you do in order to develop it? That’s what instructor Ben Camp attempts to help you answer in this video from the Berklee Online graduate-level course, Songs Unmasked: Techniques and Tips for Songwriting Success. It’s all about gestalt! Well, what is gestalt? Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka once said, “the whole is other than the sum of its parts,” and that applies to songs as well as most works of art. Development is not just about the traits of any one idea-its shape, color, size, etc. Development is about the whole, the shape, the gestalt. This form is different for each different arrangement of these specific ideas. It emerges as the structure that contains the ideas. The ideas are contained by the structure, and the idea is expressed through the structure. In music, for example, the message of a song isn’t only contained in its lyrics, but in a whole myriad of elements-chord qualities, instrumentation, sound design. Considering all these factors, now go and develop that idea, and see what you can come up with.
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ABOUT BEN CAMP:
Ben Camp teaches songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Their songs have appeared in film and TV on networks like MTV, CBS, NBC, Fox, and more. They have written singles for Brice Fox, Tiesto, Victoria Justice, Sam Feldt, and others. Ben’s mission as an educator is simple: Help you write the songs that only you can write.
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Advanced Songwriting Techniques | Ben Camp | Brice Fox | Tiesto | Victoria Justice | Sam Feldt | Gestalt | Kurt Koffka | Song Development | Song Structure | Prosody | Lyrics | Song Titles