Many songwriters tell us they want to write songs with artists for their recording projects or to co-write to continue to broaden their songwriting horizons.

But most songwriters don’t know where to begin to do this – who to write with, how to approach other songwriters and artists, how to set this up and how to facilitate or participate in a co-writing session.

In Australia in particular, but also maybe in other countries, there isn’t a strong culture of co-writing and most songwriters are writing songs by themselves. Whilst we have The Club so that we’re not writing in complete isolation, this is quite different to writing a song with another songwriter in real time.

A vital element of co-writing is having a healthy songwriting network. The past 2 years have been particularly tricky to build network, so we want to assist songwriters who want to bring more co-writing into their lives, through our online co-writing course, offering opportunity to collaborate both locally and internationally.

We have run ad-hoc co-writing sessions throughout 2020 and 2021 in partnership with APRA AMCOS for our Club members, and the feedback told us that songwriters want more of this.

Through this course, you will learn essential tools to build co-writing skills, confidence and networks, including training sessions, facilitated co-writing sessions, song sharing sessions, homework activities and plenty of time to ask questions.

Course Outline

Module 1 – What makes a good match for a co-write and tools to collaborate online
Training session plus facilitated co-writing session

Module 2 – How to approach other songwriters and artists to co-write
Training session plus live Q&A session with IHSC founder
Plus co-writing session homework

Module 3 – Setting up effective co-writing spaces
Training session plus live Q&A session with IHSC founder
Plus co-writing session homework

Module 4 – Making a plan for future co-writes that you can stick to
Training session plus live sharing session – play your co-written songs live

Dates for Next Co-Writing Course

March & April 2024

Fortnightly Tuesdays

Tues 12 March , 7-10pm AEST

Tues 26 March, 7-8pm AEST

Tues 9 April, 7-8pm AEST

Tues 23 April, 7-10pm AEST

Not in an Australian time zone? No problem, this course is running online. Based on the times offered above, this will be first thing in the morning for EDT and GMT time zones, or check your timezone here. We are open to accommodating people who cannot make these times live online, but are willing to watch a replay within 48 hours of the session.

Course Fee

A$385, one-off payment.

Enrollment is simple.

Confirm your place in the course by purchasing the course here. You will receive a receipt immediately after payment via email.

After we receive payment, we will be in touch with you via email within 48 business hours to ask you some specific enrollment questions.

Finally, we will send through the course session information in the week before the course start date.

Co-writing Course Terms of Service

Our general terms of service which pertain to use of this program can be viewed here. Please see our additional terms of service for our co-writing course here. If you cannot attend live due to any change of circumstance once the course is paid for, there will be replays of the course training content. Replays will be available up to 1 month after course completion date. With your permission, we will share your name and email address with the co-writers to facilitate your co-writing network and allow you to set up co-writing sessions effectively.