Metallica online Master Class teaches ‘being a band’

Metallica has launched a $15 per month online MasterClass that teaches how to build and sustain success as a band while navigating egos and criticism.

Metallica also shares their process for songwriting, building albums, and performing as well as how they took charge of own their creative destiny.

Lessons in this online class include:

• From Riff to Song
• Deconstructing “Enter Sandman”
• Navigating Egos and Giving Criticism
• Writing Lyrics
• Song Deconstruction: “Master of Puppets”
• Building a Rock Solo From the Blues
• Exploring Dynamics: The Song “One”
• Performance Techniques
• The Bass Sound
• The Fifth Member of the Band
• Putting Together an Album
• Securing Your Band’s Future
• Take Charge of Your Creative Destiny
• Performance: A Live Show With Metallica

More info here.

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.