Dan Sugarman [15+ Hours] (of Ice Nine Kills)

Binge on more than 15 hours of Webinar Clinics with Dan Sugarman (Guitarist of Ice Nine Kills) & Music Mentors Online, as they deconstruct Dan's songwriting process from start to finish! During this course, Dan covers tons of topics, including: Finding where to start your song, how to get into your flow state, building your music effectively based on how you feel, the importance of fleshing out your ideas in the moment, how to revisit a track successfully, creating coherent transitions in your music, writing good parts for different instruments, the art of production in the songwriting process, writing incredible solos + TONS more!

Each session of this course with Dan was recorded during a live, 3-day webinar series done with Music Mentors Online

Series Outline:

Day 1: (3h40m)

•FINDING YOUR VIBE IN SONGWRITING: DIGGING INTO DAN'S PERSONAL SONGWRITING WORKFLOW

•THE POWER BEHIND A PREPARED TEMPLATE & LOOKING AT DAN'S GEAR SETUP

​​•FISHING FOR IDEAS: WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION & HOW TO EFFECTIVELY EXPAND A SONG SEED

•YOUR MUSIC BUILT ON HOW YOU FEEL: FINDING YOUR FLOW STATE IN EVERY WRITING SESSION

•THE IMPORTANCE OF FLESHING OUT YOUR IDEAS IN THE MOMENT & WHY YOU SHOULD BE DOING IT

•THE COMPONENTS OF A RIFF: BREAKING DOWN DAN'S APPROACH TO WRITING AMAZING GUITAR PARTS

Day 2: (5h45m)

•LISTENING BACK ON YOUR TRACK: THE DOS AND DON'TS OF REVISITING YOUR WORK

•HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FROM AN IDEA: ELIMINATING DISTRACTIONS & FOCUSING ON HOW YOU FEEL

•HOW TO KEEP YOUR STORY IN MIND AND CREATE COHERENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PARTS

•TIPS & TRICKS TO LOOKING AT YOUR SONG FROM AN OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW AND HOW IT CAN HELP MAKE YOUR SONG BETTER

•FINISHING YOUR SONG: HOW TO KNOW WHEN YOUR SONG IS DONE & HOW TO TIE UP YOUR LOOSE ENDS

Day 3: (6h45m)

•THE FINAL PASS: ADDING SMALL BUT IMPACTFUL PARTS TO YOUR FULLY FLEDGED SONG

•WHAT IS PRODUCTION & WHAT IS THE VALUE OF IT IN YOUR SONGWRITING PROCESS?

•THE ART OF WRITING A SOLO: BREAKING DOWN HOW TO WRITE THE PERFECT SOLO FOR YOUR SONG & WATCHING DAN WRITE A SOLO ON THE FLY

•CREATING DYNAMICS IN YOUR SONG TO MAKE IT STAND OUT IN A FLOODED INDUSTRY

•THE INGREDIENTS OF GOOD MUSIC

•EXTENDED Q&A WITH DAN