Ryan Tedder – Monthly: Write & Produce Hit Songs

Ryan Tedder – Monthly: Write & Produce Hit Songs

Become a hit-maker in 30 days. During this one-month class, learn Ryan Tedder’s entire process for writing and producing hit songs. Finish the class with 3 release-ready songs you’ll want to share.

Class started
August 2
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Time
1 Month Commitment
5-10 hrs/week for 4 weeks. Get immersed in the process.
Final Product
3 Polished Songs
Level up by producing 3 release-ready songs by the end of the class.
This class is for
All Levels
Beginner or advanced, this class will level you up.

AN IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Become a better songwriter in 30 days
Triple-Grammy winner Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic teaches you everything he knows in this one-month class, transforming the way you make music. Ryan is recognized as the songwriting genius behind top hits by Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Adele, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift, to name a few. Immerse yourself in the process and leave the class with 3 release-ready songs.

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Song #1 – Songwriting Fundamentals
For Song #1, Ryan walks you through his full real-time process for writing a hit song: coming up with an idea, writing lyrics, melody, arrangement, production basics, and everything in between. You’ll follow along with Ryan to create your own original song.
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Song #2 – End-to-End Music Production
For Song #2, Ryan dives deep into music production, showing you all the skills, techniques, sounds, and plugins he uses to create fully produced, release-ready songs. You’ll follow along with Ryan, creating a fully produced song of your own.
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Song #3 – Capturing an Artist’s Sound
For Song #3, Ryan explains how to work with an artist and integrate their personality into your music. You’ll see Ryan’s real-time process for creating a song alongside an artist. You’ll apply these skills by making a song with a collaborator of your choice.

Understand what creates chart-topping hits
Follow Ryan’s proven songwriting process
Learn Ryan Tedder’s process for songwriting hit after hit (including the songs below) over the past two decades. No matter your style or genre, Ryan’s process will take your songs to new heights.
Halo
Beyonce
Rumour Has It
Adele
Sucker
Jonas Brothers
Happier
Ed Sheeran
Welcome to New York
Taylor Swift
Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis
Bigger Love
John Legend
Burn
Ellie Goulding
XO
Beyonce
Maps
Maroon 5
Apologize
OneRepublic
Already Gone
Kelly Clarkson
Faith
Stevie Wonder
Because I Had You
Shawn Mendes
Not Over You
Gavin DeGraw
Why Try
Ariana Grande
Nothing for Free
Paul McCartney
Tócame
Anitta
Bet You Wanna
Blackpink
Teeth
5 Seconds of Summer
Counting Stars
OneRepublic

Transform the way you make music
Level up your songwriting and production skills
During this 30-day class, learn the full set of songwriting and production skills Ryan Tedder uses to create hit songs. This class meets you where you are and pushes your skills to a whole new level.

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Finding Inspiration and Starting Songs
Ryan has started and finished thousands of songs over his musical career. In the class, he shares his tried-and-true process for finding inspiration, overcoming writer’s block, and developing an initial spark of creativity into a complete song.
Writing Lyrics and Pop Melodies
Ryan uses a systematic process to write meaningful lyrics that tell a story and catchy melodies that get stuck in your head. In this class, watch Ryan write three original songs from scratch in real-time, explaining his thought process and workflow step-by-step.
Vocal Recording and Production
Ryan fully deconstructs his process for recording, editing, processing, tuning, and mixing vocals, including how to set up a recording space, how to capture the ideal recording, and how to get professional quality vocals sitting perfectly in your mix.
Production Fundamentals
Ryan shares his end-to-end process of producing a song, from tracking the first instruments and finding the best sounds to bus processing and MIDI programming. During this class, Ryan shows his complete, real-time production process for three songs.
Writing Synth, Bass, Guitar, Drum Parts
In the class, Ryan singlehandedly writes and produces every instrument part for three original songs, sharing his thought process for each one as he goes. You’ll learn to write the perfect drum groove, bass line, or synth and guitar parts for your songs.
EQ, Reverb, Compression, and More FX
Ryan dives deep into compression, EQ, reverb, delay, filtering, and more. He explains the specific tools, plug-ins, and techniques he uses to apply these effects, and shows you how you can use them to add more character and nuance to your productions.
Songwriting Math and Breaking the Rules
Successful songwriters understand the conventions of songwriting, but deviate from them when they need to. In this class, Ryan explains the rules of lyrics, melodies, and song structure, and when to break them to create something unique.
Arrangement, Layering, Composition
Ryan explains how to use arrangement, layering, and other composition techniques to transform your productions from dull loops into professional-sounding tracks. Learn to produce songs with rich textures, compositional balance, and a thick, full sound.
Working With Live Instruments
Ryan fully documents and explains his process for recording, comping, editing, processing, and mixing live instruments, like bass, guitar, drums, and more, demystifying how to get clean, professional-grade recordings from your instruments every time.
Structuring the Perfect Pop Song
Ryan breaks down the structures of pop songs, and shows you how to expand a song from a verse and chorus to a full-fledged arrangement. Learn to keep your listener engaged throughout the song using transitions and dynamic contrasts between sections.
Finding and Crafting the Best Sounds
Ryan shows you how to find the perfect sounds for a song and how to process the sounds you have to match your creative vision. He also shares the plug-ins, synths, sample packs, and libraries that he relies on to find sounds for his own tracks.
Advanced Songwriting and Production
Ryan walks through and explains the advanced songwriting and production techniques he uses regularly to take his tracks to the next level, including tricks the biggest pop writers and producers in the world use to create catchier, more polished songs.
Songwriting Across Genres
Ryan has written hit songs in the rock, pop, hip-hop, and country genres. In this class, he shows you how he analyzes the patterns and motifs of different musical styles and how he integrates these genre-specific elements into his songs.
Polishing and Finalizing Tracks
Ryan breaks down his end-to-end process for polishing and adding finishing touches to his songs. In this class, watch Ryan explain his go-to mastering chain, what he listens for when he’s completing a track, and how he shapes the energy of a song.
How to Learn Music More Effectively
Ryan is a multi-instrumentalist who constantly experiments with new production techniques and explores new musical genres. In the class, Ryan shares his system for learning new things more effectively, so you can level up faster.

One Month. Perfectly structured.
Learn through a step-by-step curriculum
Drastically improve your skills through in-depth video lessons, projects, and feedback sessions. It’s a world-class curriculum and unforgettable learning experience designed to level you up.

30 Day Plan
Pre-class: Onboarding and Introduction
Before class starts, there are few things you’ll need to do to be ready to go on Day 1. Ryan Tedder explains how to get set up and what you’ll need to have and know ahead of time to get the most out of the class.

Days 1-12: Songwriting Fundamentals
In this part of the class, Ryan walks through his start-to-finish songwriting process by writing an original song in real-time. He shares his entire range of core songwriting skills and techniques, including how he writes melodies, lyrics, and music, and how he arranges his songs. You will follow along with Ryan step-by-step and will end Part 1 with your own original song.

Days 13-23: End-to-End Music Production
In this part, Ryan dives much deeper into music production. He write and produce a second original song, this time a thick, fully-produced pop song that features a wide range of instruments, sounds, layers, and audio effects. You will follow along with Ryan step-by-step to write and produce a second original song that incorporates all of these production elements, leveling up your music production skills in the process.

Days 24-30: Collaboration & The Sound of an Artist
In the final part of the class, Ryan demonstrates how to write and produce a song with a collaborator. Ryan works with an artist in the studio in real time, explaining how he crafts a song that captures their personality and sound. You will write and produce a third and final song by collaborating with someone in your life, whether an artist, songwriter, singer, or friend.

Learn from the best
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder is a songwriter, music producer, and OneRepublic’s lead singer. Ryan has won 3 Grammys and has been nominated for 11. He is recognized as the songwriting genius behind chart-topping hits by Adele, Ed Sheeran, John Legend, Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Shawn Mendes, and countless others. Songs that Ryan has written have been streamed over 63 billion times. Ryan is also a producer and mentor on NBC’s Songland.

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The Classroom. Reimagined.
A new kind of online class
This isn’t your typical “online course”. It’s a fully immersive learning experience. The classroom has been digitized and transformed, allowing you to get a hands-on education and community from anywhere.

Get personalized feedback as you learn
During class, you’ll learn within an intimate peer group of about 20 other songwriters and music producers from around the world. Throughout the class, you’ll share your ongoing work, give and receive feedback, and ask and answer questions.
Capture and share your month-long journey
Monthly helps you create a “path” that tells the story of your month-long learning process. Your path is a shareable story for friends, family, and yourself. It’s all about the journey.
Finish the class with 3 songs worth sharing
The curriculum is designed so that by the end of the 30 days, you’ll have three complete, release-ready songs you’ll be proud to share with your family and friends. You’ll drastically improve your skills, and you’ll have something to show for it.