SONGWRITING COURSE STILL HAS OPENINGS
"SONGS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE"
2 Credits, Thurs 4-6PM, Email: ckaram@berklee.net
Description : A hands-on songwriting class that will allow
students to put their social change ideas into their own original songs,
while also surveying significant socially relevant songs in different eras and
cultures throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The class will examine
and analyze benefit concerts like Live Aid and the Concert for Bangladesh,
important songs which had impact on social change (e.g., "Imagine," "Get
Up, Stand Up," and "Strange Fruit") and prominent activist songwriters
(e.g., Bob Dylan, Bono, Bob Marley, Michael Franti, and Bob Geldof).
Prerequisites : Take SW-211 SW-221 (or email for waivers)
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