Comedy and music are natural partners - they can both evoke involuntary reactions, often have hidden layers of depth, and connect people across differences that can seem insurmountable. When a performer learns to harness them together, their magic multiplies, creating a powerful tool that seamlessly engages the audience’s hearts and minds, and leaves a lasting impression.

“Songwriting as Sketch: Unleashing the Comedy Rock Star Within 101” is a three hour, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn an easy, no-fail formula that pulls from principles of both comedy and music for creating your own comedic songs. Using common structures and patterns, I’ll teach you how to get from an idea to fully fleshed-out song, and how to navigate potential road blocks in between. We’ll be brainstorming and writing in real time, and all participants will walk away with their own song stems and the tools on which to build them all into a full, working repertoire. All from the comfort of your own home!!

All participants must have a passion for comedy AND music. The 101 level will focus on lyric writing in detail and on music style and composition on a more conceptual level.

**This workshop is being offered at a discounted rate of $40 (normally $75/session) because it is still in development and adjustments may be made day-of depending on needs of class.

If you cannot attend this event but are interested in attending future workshops, please email aaaamelita@gmail.com and we'll make sure you hear about the next one!

About the instructor:

Amelita is a comedic musician who has toured the country playing festivals including The Out of Bounds Festival in Austin, The Big Pine Comedy Festival in Flagstaff, The New York City Comedy Music Festival, and Baltimore's Charm City Comedy Festival which she recently headlined. Amelita has taken sketch writing at UCB and completed the PIT's improv curriculum as well as the Magnet's musical improv curriculum, where she was also a house team member on Musical Megawatt. She has a degree in Music Business from NYU and has been writing and recording songs since she she knew it was a thing that was possible.

Amelita can be found on all social media, including YouTube videos of live performances, @aaaamelita.