and nonprofit youth program After-School All-Stars are partnering with music publisher Sony/ATV and Syracuse University’s Bandier Program in Recording and Entertainment Industries to create a “songwriter academy” this summer for underrepresented communities.
The students selected for the Academy — 13 individuals of color from across the country ranging from seventh graders to high school seniors — will take courses remotely, focusing on creative, technical and business topics within songwriting. Some of the topics cover the anatomy of a song, copyright and music publishing, and music production and marketing plans. Students will also have various songwriting exercises.
TikTok’s senior manager of music content and label partnerships Danny Gillick came up with the concept after the tech company worked with After-School All-Stars on COVID emergency food programs. Development for idea started
How many songs are by Chinese citizens criticizing their oligarchy? 👍😒