Free songwriting and music lessons
You can create a great song. Aussie music icon Fred Smith shows you how to write a powerful song and then bring it to life with music.
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Join Aussie music icon Fred Smith to learn about how you can create a great song.
In our series of 7 lessons Fred covers topics like where to start, how to write great lyrics and how to bring it all together with music.
And he talks through practical examples of how he has applied these principles to two of his songs - breaking down his approach to the lyrics and the music that he created.
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Fred Smith has been a favourite on the Australian festival circuit for years, much loved for his gentle wit, gift for story and melody, and sublime collaborations with Liz Frencham and The Spooky Men's Chorale. Now the rest of Australia is catching up with Fred Smith. He was the subject of a recent Australian Story feature about his work in Afghanistan and on peace keeping operations in the war-torn islands of the South Pacific. The title track from his acclaimed album, Dust of Uruzgan, has been covered by country music star Lee Kernaghan.
Fred Smith has emerged as one of Australia's most interesting songwriters. He has spent the last 20 years all over the joint: working on peace keeping missions in Afghanistan and the South Pacific, touring in America and travelling the Australian festival circuit.
“...one of our finest lyricists...he shows true mastery of crafting melodies and marrying them to the words without recourse to a shotgun. Add his natural wit, keen powers of observation, unassuming delivery and understated accompaniment and he effortlessly draws you into the world of each of these character-driven songs .”
John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 2017