What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Achieve career goals
“I'm recommending, but mostly for beginners or fans wanting to write songs similar to Gary's brand of pop music. There are some tidbits of practical advice: getting outside of your comfort zone, scatting melodies if you've got no lyrics yet, recording EVERYTHING when inspiration hits (on a phone, notepad, etc), finding hooks that you can imagine someone singing in the pub, etc. I don't know that this course taught me anything novel, but sometimes going back to basics can be a nice source of inspiration.”
Hi Allyn,
Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear you’re slightly underwhelmed with the songwriting course. We value every BBC Maestro customer and want you to get the best out of your BBC Maestro subscription.
With a subscription, you have access to all of our amazing courses across 8 categories, so we're sure you'll find something you like. You can browse all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses
Best,
Zoe
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Other
“I'm only about half way through the course, but it would need to improve massively to be worth anywhere near the money spent on it.
Gary Barlow is really likeable, he comes across well, he knows his stuff (obviously, as he is a musical legend). But I don't feel that I am learning much apart from thinking that he is a good bloke.”
Hi Mark,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
We'd love to give you the opportunity to try out another BBC Maestro course - we have so many great courses that I'm sure we have something else for you to enjoy. Please get in touch with our amazing customer support team at support@bbcmaestro.com to let them know if there's another course that interests you and we can get this exchanged for you.
Best,
Zoe
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“Gary Barlow's course was not quite what I expected. I have been through a number of structured courses on songwriting and that was the approach I anticipated, but instead this was more like visiting Gary Barlow at work for a chat whilst he worked. Whilst both approaches have their merits, seeing how Gary progressed through writing an actual song shed much more light on the decisions and approaches a songwriter has to make when creating a song. His inspiration, explanations and informative examples made the process come alive. The brief diversion into writing for musicals was particularly interesting since I am considering moving in that direction myself in the future. The course was also an encouragement to me because I have already been applying some of those approaches to my own folk, country and pop songwriting.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Pursue a hobby
“I came to this as a middle aged 'hobby' musician who's recently gone back to songwriting after many years away. I'm classically trained and also into a wide variety of pop/rock, though generally more indie/alternative than Take That, and I've recently been playing around on DAWs. This course was so useful for me. Seeing Gary's songwriting process in action was fascinating and it was a privilege to learn about all the different angles he considers, and how some Take That tracks came into being. It was a balance of creativity, commercial awareness, applying knowledge and experience, and provided a lot of inspiration and food for thought. I've been looking at this alongside the singing course (also highly recommended) and will be looking at music production too.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby, Celebrity-interest
“I feel so inspired by Gary’s course. I used to write songs, now I’m on the cusp of writing my third book and I found this course spoke to both songwriting and my book writing process. I’m so inspired. Even with full-time job on my hands I’m itching to get started. Thank you Gary.”
