Songwriting and the Music Industry

What does it take to make a song you’re able to listen to on your streaming platform of choice?
In this course we’ll take a look at the birth of a song. From the moment of the first idea to the moment a song reaches its completion and is distributed to the listener.
In the first part of the course we’ll have a short overview of the workings of the music industry. Then, we’ll work on our active listening skills and you’ll get to know each other to facilitate collaboration.
The main focus of the course will be the practical art of songwriting. In a form of songwriting camp I will be helping you develop the skills to transform your ideas into fully formed songs. You will be working with other creatives to write at least one full song which you will be able to perform at the end of the week. This course is for inclusive to all level of experience what is important is your passion and will to write songs.

Laura Pracharova

Laura has completed a Bachelors course in Popular Music Performance (Vocals) & Songwriting at BIMM (short for British and Irish Modern Music University) in London. Her musical journey began at the age of 9 with guitar lessons and she has been intermittently active in music ever since. In 2019 she released her debut song with Slovak alternative synth pop band Sushicide and in 2020 she decided to move to London to study and to try it on the UK scene. She played numerous London venues with her ex band ‘The Milk Funnel’ in the past. She’s currently the main vocalist and songwriter for FUYARA, a London/Brighton based band that blends Slavic folklore elements with popular music. She used to work as 1:1 support for individuals with learning disabilities, autism, dementia and special needs, which included music and art therapy elements. This led to the decision to pursue psychology for her masters and she’s currently completing MSc in Psychology of Mental Health at University of Edinburgh. Her connection with creative arts includes theatre, creative writing and painting. Her favourite free time activities are yoga, archery, swimming and reading books.