01
Where songs start
Scripture, a line, a melody in the car. Catching them before they go.
Lesson 03
Song writing
A song for a congregation has to survive being sung by people who have never heard it. That is a writing problem long before it is a production problem.
We write together across the three days — in pairs, in the room, out loud.
- Format
- Writing sessions
- Runs
- Days 01–03
- Works on
- Songs in progress
- Group
- Pairs and small groups
Watch
Sessions from the room
Where songs start
What we cover
02
Melody a room can hold
Range, leaps, and the difference between a melody that sounds good on your record and one a whole room can sing.
03
Lyric
Saying one true thing clearly instead of four things vaguely.
04
Finishing
Second verses, bridges, and the discipline of calling a song done.
What you leave with
- A song moved forward
- A co-writing habit
- A way to test a song before you teach it
Led by
Vasya Chekhovskyy
Host · production & song writing
Writing, production, finishing
Before you ask
This lesson,in detail.
I have never finished a song. Can I still take this?
Yes. Most people on a worship team have started far more songs than they have finished — that is the same problem from the other end.
Do we write together or alone?
Both, mostly together. A co-writer is the fastest editor you will ever get.
Do I need to bring a song?
Bring whatever you have, finished or not. Fragments are fine.
Will what I write get recorded?
Some of what gets written ends up in front of a microphone on the studio day. Nothing is promised, and that is not the reason to write it.
The rest of the programme
In their own words