Most of our songwriting students take private, one-on-one lessons; we also offer group classes (when comparing studios online over the internet, be sure to clarify whether you are talking about private or group lessons.  Semi-private lessons are group lessons).  We offer consultations (one session without obligation to continue) and coaching sessions (multiple sessions without obligation to continue).  We also offer elessons, which are online lessons conducted through the internet.  We have gift certificates for all of these musical experiences.  And twice a year we have exciting music seminars (master classes, workshops) for all students that allow them to hear big ideas about music and composition.  These increase their knowledge and abilities to write.  In these music seminars (again, like workshops or master classes, in-depth teaching on composing) we might talk about chord theory, or ear-training, or specific skills for the theorist or how to write contemporary pieces – but all to give you, the songwriter, skills you can use right now. And they’re fun!  About 40% of our students are adults and 60% are children, kids, and teens.

As teachers, we know it is essential musical coaching be enjoyable.  This is a key for all students, not just children.  That’s one of the reasons we let students work on their own music and why, along with understanding theory and chords, we help students to develop their ear.  We don’t want to be a stuffy academy or music conservatory; we want our school of music to be filled with happy, amazing songwriters having a blast.  Whether reading music, composing classical compositions, learning to improvise, or writing songs like the ones on their iPod, our students steadily learn things that interest them, coached by their instructor.  We believe it’s best to allow students to write their favorite music, not their instructor’s favorite.

Our teachers take your goals seriously, so, as the wise mentors they are, they look ahead to teach you all you'll need to get where you want to be.  It’s vital that musical educators coach each learner on how to grow as much as possible, whether that person wants to learn to write rock, blues, country, or praise & worship music, classical composition, movie themes, or jazz standards. So, coming from Addison, Allen, Carrollton, North Dallas, Farmer’s Branch, Frisco, Garland, Lewisville, McKinney, Park Cities, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett, Wylie or anywhere within 50 miles of here in Texas (or worldwide over the internet online through elessons) we are committed to your personal success.

Songwriting is the term commonly used for writing popular music, which is focused on melody, harmony, and lyrics.  Composition is the term used use for more classical or formal writing.  And music theory is about understanding how music works.

We have composition and songwriting teachers at Promethean Studios for beginning, intermediate, advanced, and professional songwriters.  Our instructors customize our teaching to the music each player loves, with personalized instruction going on right now in composing bluegrass, blues, Contemporary Christian, classic and modern rock, classical, country and western, dixieland, emo, folk, funk, fusion, gospel, latin, metal, pop, praise & worship, R&B (rhythm and blues), smooth and traditional jazz, soul, and traditional hymn styles.  Each lesson includes instruction in music theory (to use the learner’s brain to help make music easy), and half of each lesson is devoted to the student’s songs.

While we never require anyone to display their songs in public, we believe having one's songs performed is an important factor in developing your music, and so we provide 2 opportunities a year to be in a recital or concert.  We also encourage all our musicians to participate in any musical competitions, concerts, contests, festivals, improvisations, master classes, and performances we can find – BUT we never force anyone to put their music out there.  Performing is great to seal your composition skills, but we encourage you to do it, not demand you do it.

Music theory (brain work) is one of the most misunderstood and undervalued short cuts in the world of learning.  Usually educators ignore it entirely, treat it as a necessary nuisance, or act like it’s the entire purpose of music.  Basically it’s one of the three easy tools you can use to make your kind of music as quickly as possible (the other two tools are your ear [ear-training] and your fingers [technique].  And this isn’t just for beginning artists, but intermediate, advanced, and professionals as well.

Though slow starting at first, in a few months students with an understanding of music theory will begin to surpass their peers and continue to progress more and more over students who don’t actually comprehend what they’re doing.  Knowledge actually makes the composer's task easier, explaining what to do and what to listen for.  The parts of theory we commonly work on in lessons are ear-training, sight-reading, rhythm counting, and music knowledge.  Reading music is just the foundation; we’re talking about knowing what chords are normal in each key or cool style, or being able to use one scale pattern to play in all keys and modes, etc – that is, taking a little info and making it go a long way, for playing and improvisation.

To the student who says “teach me to write music", we would say this is the best school of music in the Metroplex.  Our educators have made your success and enjoyment their goal.  We are trying to cross the attitude of a music conservatory or music theory academy, even a university.  Coming to lessons, making music at home, impressing yourself and your friends, attending cool workshops and music seminars, learning great songs, cutting albums - we want to produce students who learn and enjoy music, all across Texas.

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