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Following in the footsteps of our popular https://www.berkleemusic.com/welcome/music-business-handbook-2?pid=4311&m…/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #69d0ff;”>Music Business Handbook and https://www.berkleemusic.com/welcome/music-production-handbook?pid=4311&m…/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #69d0ff;”>Music Production Handbook, we’re happy to unveil the latest installment in our educational ebook series: the Songwriting Handbook.

In this free PDF, you’ll get exclusive songwriting tips and techniques from some of Berkleemusic’s superstar songwriting faculty, like Pat Pattison, Jimmy Kachulis, Ben Newhouse, Brad Hatfield, and Andrea Stolpe.

Topics include harmony, melody, writing hit songs, song licensing, avoiding writer’s block, and much more.

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Headed to SXSW in Austin next week? Check out up-and-coming Berklee College of Music, Berkleemusic.com, and Heavy Rotation Records (HRR) alumni and students — including online student Justin Klump — at Berklee’s seventh annual SXSW Party on Friday, March 16th. The event is 21-plus and open to SXSW badgeholders. The public can email [email protected] to attend free of charge. http://news.berkleemusicblogs.com/2012/02/21/online-student-justin-klump-to-p…/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #00a6dd;”>Learn More

Over the past few weeks, we’ve added six new courses to our award-winning online curriculum. Check out these great new courses, now enrolling for April 2nd:

From “Contemporary Orchestration Techniques” by Instructor Ben Newhouse

“One question I often get is how to notate two parts on a single staff. This is often necessary in orchestral scores, most commonly when placing multiple wind player parts (such as two oboes) on a single staff. It is also necessary in divisi string passages when the divisi parts are on a single staff. In this post, I thought I’d go through a few examples showing this notation…” http://bennewhouse.berkleemusicblogs.com/2012/03/05/using-voices-in-notation/…/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #00a6dd;”>Read More

From “Studying Music Online” by Advisor Doug Orey

“One of the toughest parts of recording in a home studio can be tracking vocals. Your bedroom most likely wasn’t designed
with room acoustics in mind. Maybe you have roommates or younger siblings moving about and making noise. Or if you’re like me you live in the city on a busy street and with all kinds of traffic at all hours of the day. A few years ago I stumbled upon a blog post in some random corner of the interweb about how to build a portable isolation booth for under $30…” http://advisors.berkleemusicblogs.com/2012/03/01/guerilla-recording-technique…/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #00a6dd;”>Read More

Rethink Music is a solutions-focused event with creative workshops, expert panels, live performances, and competitions designed to cultivate innovation. Our goal is to foster ideas that drive the music industry forward.

Join Rethink Music from April 21st until April 24th for what will be an exciting and memorable event. Register by March 2nd to receive early bird pricing! http://rethink-music.com/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonv6vOZKXonjHpfsX66e4rXaCylMI/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ASMRkI/qLAzICFpZo2FFaH/KecIVF” target=”_blank” style=”font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #00a6dd;”>Learn More

Berklee’s High School Jazz Festival will showcase over 200 ensembles from the U.S. and Canada. The largest high school jazz festival in the U.S. will include various clinics and concerts. The event is free and open to the public, and will take place on Saturday, March 10, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. http://berkleejazz.org/?mkt
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