A SIX-MONTH PROGRAM
Write Record Release
24 Weeks
8 Finished Songs
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WHAT THIS IS
A steady rhythm for your writing, and a clear path to finished songs.
I know how hard it feels to keep your writing moving. Songs get stuck because life is full, and momentum is hard to hold onto. I built Write, Record, Release so you actually do the work, in a way that is realistic and manageable for your life.
Over 24 weeks, you’ll build a lasting writing habit, finish 8 full songs, share them with a supportive community, and dive into production and release resources if you'd like to take them further.
You do the work, in manageable steps. Come out confident, knowing you did it your way and knowing exactly what's been done.
24
WEEKS
8
FINISHED SONGS
12
LIVE WORKSHOPS
YOUR 24 WEEKS
8 Writing Sprints & Small-Group Feedback Sessions
Choose 8 sprints from a library of 10 Song Paths that appeal to you across the program. Each Path runs on a sustainable 3-week rhythm: 10 days of prompts over two weeks (taking no longer than a cup of coffee), followed by 1 week to meet with your listening group for constructive peer feedback, rewrite, or simply rest.
8 Live Workshops with Me
A week into every path, we gather in the room at the same time. Bring the song you're working on, and we'll untangle creative blocks, and work through what you're seeing and feeling together. These cohort weeks set your foundation, build your habit, and help you to complete your songs.
4 Live Production Workshops & Release Resources
The second half of our program expands your toolkit while you continue writing your next four songs. Join four live production workshops with me and a working producer/engineer for technical advice and track breakdowns. You'll also unlock self-paced Release Resources with advice to help you build a launch strategy if that’s where you want your music to go next.
Write, Record, Release
PRICE
24 Guided Weeks
8 Finished Songs
Your choice of 10 Song Paths
8 Small-Group Feedback Sessions
8 Live Group Sessions with Andrea
4 Group Production Sessions with Modules
Self-Paced Release Resources
Private Community: Connect with your cohort, share songs for feedback, and watch past workshop replays.
If you’d like to be notified of our spring enrollment, please join the waitlist here.
THE SONG PATHS
8 Songs. Your choice of route.
The Write, Record, Release Program rests on 10 different Song Paths, each geared towards specific songwriter profiles. When you know which profile you lean towards, you can choose Paths that tend to strengthen the outcomes for your kind of writer. We complete our first Path, A Homecoming, all together, after which all 9 additional Paths open.
A Homecoming
♫ MUSIC & LYRICS
Return to what you know while writing from the spark that inspired you to begin writing songs.
Made for: All Profiles
01
The Two Templates
≡ LYRICS
These two structures will guide your lyric-writing through any story you want to tell.
Don’t Miss!: Song Architect, Signature Songwriter
02
Early & Late
∿ MELODY
Strengthen the melody across multiple sections and transform the lyric message, all with this single melodic phrasing tool.
Don’t Miss!: Performing Songwriter
03
Full & Empty
║CHORDS & GROOVE
Whether you know too many chords or not enough, this tool is the key to contrast and motion within harmony and groove.
Don’t Miss!: Instrumental Songwriter, Song Architect
04
These are the melodic elements that define commercial songwriting, and the key to simplicity, focus, and differentiating our songs from one another.
Don’t Miss!: Singing Songwriter, Words-First Songwriter
05
Melody is King
∿ MELODY
Two Sides of the Coin
≡ LYRICS
Lyric writing clears when we view our idea from two sides, what is true and what is not true, what is literal and what is figurative.
Don’t Miss!: Instrumental Songwriter
06
The Inner Circle
♫ MUSIC & LYRICS
07
When we remove the inner critic, the zone in which writing feels more natural results in a freedom that writes stronger songs.
Don’t Miss!: Performing Songwriter, Singing Songwriter
Rich Chords for Free
║CHORDS & GROOVE
Build sophisticated chords and fresh lyric ideas using a simple triad-and-bassline technique, no keyboard skills required.
Don’t Miss! Words-First Songwriter, Singing Songwriter
08
The Beautiful Inversion
║CHORDS & GROOVE
09
Control your song’s vibe, melody, and lyrics using one simple harmonic tool that expands your chord movement and storyline.
Don’t Miss!: Signature Songwriter, Sonic Songwriter
Speedhouse River Monks
≡ LYRICS
When the right lyrics for a song are more associative and abstract, we can still write meaningful sections we love to sing.
Don’t Miss!: Sonic Songwriter
10
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
Is this the right program for you?
WHO THIS IS FOR
Writers just short of the finish line.
♪ You have an EP or an album you keep meaning to make, or songs you haven't finished, and you're tired of the endless unfinished cycle.
♪ You have a job, a family, life commitments, and you need a pace that survives a normal week rather than one that assumes you have ultimate flexibility.
♪ You'd rather finish eight imperfect songs and move the dial forward than one perfect one standing still.
WHO THIS ISN’T FOR
Two exceptions.
♪ You want one-to-one attention on your songs. That's mentorship, and it's a different program.
Inquire about The Mentorship Program
♪ You want an in-person experience where you can step away from daily distractions and dive deep into your craft. You’ll find this in our 5-day songwriting retreats, which bring together an intimate community of like-minded writers in inspiring surroundings.
Andrea Stolpe has spent more than twenty years writing songs and helping other people write theirs. She arrived in Nashville as a staff writer in 1998 with a classical piano background and a degree from Berklee, and spent the decade that followed in writing rooms learning to collaborate, singing demos, and, ten years in, making a record of her own.
She has written for artists including Faith Hill, Julianne Hough and Jimmy Wayne, and held publishing deals with EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing. Her book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, is a standard text at Belmont, Berklee and the USC Thornton School of Music, where she helped build the songwriting courses within the Popular Music Program. Her online courses have earned Grammy nominations in music education and a Gold Telly Award. She teaches now the way she learned, in small rooms, alongside other writers, through her in-person retreats, online programs, and in the studio at home and abroad. She is still, first, a songwriter.
ABOUT ANDREA
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Feel free to contact us here.
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Sundays, 9:30am Pacific time, evenings if you're on European time. All recorded, so you're not locked out if you can't make one. All sessions will be emailed ahead of time to be added to your calendar.
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Each Path runs on daily tasks built to take about as long as a leisurely cup of coffee. Ten days of that, then a week off before the next Path begins. The pace is designed for people with jobs and families, not for people with empty calendars.
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The material stays available for the full twenty-four weeks and beyond. The deadlines exist to help you, and the week between Paths is there precisely so real life can happen without derailing you.
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No. You need a way to capture a song well enough for other people to hear it. A phone is fine.
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No. The four live group production sessions and the production modules are included. The Studio Recording Sessions are a separate offering with its own price, open to alumni of all my programs with priority given to Write, Record, Release members, for people who want to take their songs further. Everything included here is useful whether or not you ever record with us.
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Many people in the room are in the same position.
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Yes. This is about writing songs, not rehearsing for their performance.
Eight songs,
six months from now.They won’t write themselves, but they will get written.
If you’d like to be notified of our spring enrollment, please join the waitlist here.
Come write with us,
