FAQ

SongTown is a worldwide songwriting community where creative people come to grow their craft, build real connections, and take meaningful steps forward with their music.

We’re built around three core values: Community, Coaching, and Connection.

Inside SongTown, songwriters of all genres and experience levels can learn from #1 hit songwriters, award-winning mentors, music publishers, producers, artists, and industry pros who have real-world experience in the music business.

Members come to SongTown to improve their songwriting, find co-writers, get professional feedback, attend live events, connect with other serious writers, and be encouraged every step of the way.

Our goal is simple: to be the most supportive, practical, and inspiring songwriting community on the planet — a place where songwriters don’t have to figure it all out alone.

SongTown was created by hit songwriters Marty Dodson and Clay Mills to give songwriters something they couldn’t find anywhere else: real-world songwriting education, genuine community, and access to music industry pros who have actually walked the walk.

Clay and Marty have had hundreds of songs recorded and multiple #1 songs to their credit. But SongTown has grown far beyond two hit songwriters teaching online lessons. Today, it’s a worldwide songwriting community with 1,000+ lessons and courses, weekly live training, monthly pro song feedback, Play For Publisher events, co-writing opportunities, SongCircles, CrashCourses, private forums, and 100+ award-winning mentors from across the music industry.

We call it Street Cred.

At SongTown, our members learn from hit songwriters, publishers, producers, artists, and industry experts who have real experience and real success. Our goal is to help you write better songs, connect with the right people, and keep moving forward on your songwriting journey.

SongTown offers two membership options so you can choose the level of support that best fits your songwriting goals: Platinum and VIP.

Platinum Membership gives you full access to the SongTown community and learning library, including:

• 1,000+ on-demand songwriting lessons and step-by-step courses
• Weekly live songwriting and production sessions with live Q&A
• Monthly pro song feedback with actionable notes to help you improve faster
• Play For Publisher events to get your songs heard
• Opportunities to find co-writers and start collaborating
• Access to 100+ award-winning mentors, including hit songwriters, artists, and industry experts
• Member-only community forums for feedback, support, and accountability
• SongCircles meetups, both local and virtual
• Member-only CrashCourses — a $750 bonus value for fast skill boosts
• Mobile-friendly access so you can learn anywhere, anytime

VIP Membership is designed for songwriters who want to take their craft, community, and industry access to the next level. It includes everything in Platinum, plus

• Monthly VIP-only group mentoring on Zoom
• VIP-only live song review events
• Exclusive “VIP-only CrashCourses”
• Bonus “CrashCourse Q&A sessions”
• All “member CrashCourses” included
• All “Special Event Courses” included
• Private VIP forum access
• Email access to Clay and Marty

Absolutely! As a member you can place one song per month in the pro feedback forum for feedback from our staff of hit publishers and writers. You can also find pro publishing and songwriting mentors on the site who are available to book private 1-hour mentoring sessions.

Yes – IF you have great songs. Many sites make a blanket promise to “get your songs in the right hands”. There’s no way they can truthfully make that promise to everyone. At SongTown, we get to know you and your music. We help you improve your writing. If you’re writing at a professional level, we help you pitch your music and connect with publishers. Our top members are invited to apply for the SongTown Edge Groups and work with top music publishers. This is an opportunity to have your songs pitched directly to top artists, labels, and producers.

Yes, We do a lot of that after our pros get to know you and your music. Many of our members are connecting with other writers daily through the SongTown forum, online classes and mentoring sessions. Lyricists connecting with music people and vice-versa. We are big fans of collaboration and we do everything we can to help you find others to work with.

Yes, our members are very active in the SongTown Forum. Posting and commenting on each other’s songs, co-writing with one another, and supporting each other through creative high’s and low’s. Our forum has over 120,000 comments in the past 12 months!

Yes! All of SongTown’s mentors are real-world pros who work in the industry. They are happy to share all of that knowledge with you. You’ll find educational videos on publishing and the music business. We also offer periodic online classes where you can get to know top music publishers. Our webinar library also includes interviews with publishers, producers and other pros on the business side of music.

Absolutely! SongTown co-founders Clay Mills & Marty Dodson have major artist cuts in hits in many genres. They believe songwriters who learn a strong foundation of technique can be successful in any genre. Our staff of 50+ pros have success in many styles of music and can teach you too!

Yes, we have many international members taking classes and participating in all facets of the SongTown community. If you miss any of our live broadcasts there are video replays available.

Yes, all of our 3-week Crash Courses, 6-week Masterclasses, or creative writing retreats can be taken a la carte if you are not a regular member.

College degrees are great, but in the world of songwriters and artists, no one will ask you what degree you have and where you got it! SongTown offers you real world training by successful pros who will help you reach that next level in songwriting. We like to call this Street Cred. And you most definitely need it to get ahead in the music business!