SongTown's: Songwriting For Hit TV - CrashCourse

3 Top Shows - 1  Major Music Supervisor - Your Music

(Starts Thursday, August 10th, 2023)

This Is Where Real-World Training Meets Real Opportunity

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Submit Music for Consideration

In This Special Edition CrashCourse:

We've lined up top music supervisor Justin Kamps...

  • Bridgerton
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Hallmark Channel

to give you the inside scoop on how to write the kinds of songs he uses in his shows!

 

You'll learn:

  • How to target write for top TV shows
  • The biggest mistakes writers make when writing for TV
  • Different writing approaches for different shows
  • How to increase your chances for placing songs on TV
  • From music supervisor feedback on selected class songs

 

 

 

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How It Works

Each week sync supervisor Justin Kamps will talk about one selected TV show, giving you insider info and tricks to increase your chances of writing  successfully for that show.

Your assignment will be to write that killer song and submit for consideration!

Week 1 : Bridgerton

  • Learn how supervisors work to find the right songs for  a TV show.
  • Justin will talk about what gets him pumped when he hears songs that are submitted.
  • You'll learn what uniquely makes a "Bridgerton song."
  • Learn what mistakes writers commonly make when submitting songs to supervisors.
  • Submit an original song in the syle of Bridgerton music.

Weeks 2  : Greys Anatomy

  • Get the inside scoop on writing for Grey's.
  • Learn how Grey's Anatomy discovers and launches new writers and artists.
  • Submit an original song in the syle of Grey's  Anatomy.
  • Feedback on selected songs from prior week's assignment.

Weeks 3  :  Current Surprise Projects - TBA!

  • Get the inside scoop on writing for another of Justin's shows.
  • How to customize your writing approach for each show you write for.
  • Submit your final original song.
  • Feedback on selected songs from prior week's assignment.
  • Q&A Session!

Meet Your Fearless Instructor...

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Justin Kamps

Justin owns the  independent music supervision company Monster Sector Music Supervision. He has supervised Bridgerton (Netflix), Lucifer (Netflix), Nancy Drew (CW), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Resident Evil (Netflix), The Winchesters (CW), Perfect Addiction (Constantin), Rebel (ABC), Another Life (Netflix), Supernatural (CW), and upcoming projects like Jagged Mind (Hulu).

Justin started his career in 2009 when he joined Alexandra Patsavas and the team at Chop Shop Music Supervision as an intern and worked his way up from there. During his time at Chop Shop Justin earned credit as Music Supervisor on the shows Insatiable (Netflix), Co-Music Supervisor on the film A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Netflix), Music Coordinator on Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon), and uncredited work on a wide variety of projects like Scandal (ABC), How to Get Away With Murder (ABC), and Council of Dads (NBC) among many others.

He recently received a Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nomination for his music supervision work on Season 2 of Bridgerton.

Who Should Take This Class?

  • Those new to sync writing.
  • Those with experience who want to meet and learn from a top sync supervisor.
  • Those who want to get their songs heard by a music supervisor.
  • Those who want to take their sync writing to that next level.
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Class Dates & Details

We keep the video up for 1 weeks after your class so you can review at your leisure.

Class Schedule:
  • Thursday, Aug 10th (7pm CT)
  • Thursday, Aug 17th (7pm CT)
  • Thursday, Aug 24th (7pm CT)
Class Fees:
  • SongTown Members - $225
  • Non-Members - $249 (includes one month of full access to the #1 songwriter community in the world!)
  • Diamond Members can use one of their Free CrashCourse Credits!

**Tuition is non-refundable once class sells out or begins.

SongTown Success Stories

GAYLE - #1 Pop Song

#1 song on the Pop Chart! “abcdefu” recorded by GAYLE.

- GAYLE (SongTown Alum)

Kenny Pitts - Emmy

Emmy Winner

- Kenny Pitts (SongTown Member)

Mary Haller

Song placement on TV Show "Temptation Island".

- Mary Haller (SongTown Member)

HGTV - Song Placement

Song Placement on HGTV Revealed

- Marika Hallendy (SongTown Member)

Peter Daniel - Top 10

Song written with artist Brandon Davis on the Top 10 Country iTunes Sales Chart.

- Peter Daniel (SongTown Member)

Emma Kirkbride

Signed to DWB Music LTD.

- Emma Kirkbride (SongTown Member)

Song on Hulu

Song placement on Hulu Show "Welcome To Chippendales".

- Skaie Knox

Bill O Hanlon
Song placement on TV show, "Call Me Kat"
 

- Bill O'Hanlon, Mark Dolin & Chris Ising

Jon Decious

Writer on Ashley McBryde's Album "Lindeville".

- Jon Decious

Big Sky

Song "Watcha Drinkin ’Bout" on the Big Sky TV series.

- VibeCity Publishing, Ryland Fisher, Stephanie Quayle and Joey Ebach

Blake Griffith

Song “Hallelujahville” recorded by Superstar Tim McGraw!

- Blake Griffith

Sara Davis

Signs deal with world-wide publisher Big Machine Music and co-writes #1 song "abcdefu"

- Sara Davis (Staffwriter at Big Machine)

Lee Starr

Wrote the #1 Billboard smash "My Boy" for country artist Elvie Shane!

- Lee Starr

Randy Morrison

Celebrates #1 song "I Will" (Darrin Morris Band) on the Texas Country Music Chart!

- Randy Morrison, Jan Edwards, and Matt Rodgers

Kelly McKay - #1 Song

3 weeks at #1 on the British and Irish Top 10 chart! "All Time Favorite", recorded by Hurricane Highway.

- Kelly McKay, Kevin Rowe, Nancy Moser

American Eagle Ad Placement
SongTown Member's sync song placed in an American Eagle Ad.
 

- Karen Kiley, Jan Edwards, Colleen Francis

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5 million Tik Tok plays and over 37 million streams on her single “Just Drive!”

- Erin Kinsey

Rita Weyls

Songs featured on “The Voice” and “The Most Expensivist!”

- Rita Weyls

Jesse Slack - #1 Song

#1 song on Australian CMT Country Charts! "Right About Now” recorded by Josh Setterfield.

- Jesse Slack

Conner Sweet

Signs exclusive writer/record deal with Given Music Entertainment. First single cracking the Billboard Charts!

- Conner Sweet

Bobby Evans

Sync placement in movie “You Got This” on Netflix!

- Bobby Evans, Mathew Pownall, & Elias James Edlund

Kevin Rowe

Celebrates a #1 song with Australian country artist Benn Gunn!

- Kevin Rowe & Andrew Cavanagh

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Song placement on network TV Show - Lethal Weapon!

- Ray Weaver

Kelly McKay

Signs exclusive staff-writer deal with VibeCity Publishing!

- Kelly McKay

Jesse Slack

Gold Single for song "Tell You Everything" sung by Robyn Ottolini

- Jesse Slack