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# Metallica online Master Class teaches ‘being a band’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/metallica-online-master-class-teaches-being-a-band/
- Published: 2021-11-04T14:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-03T21:07:31.000Z
- Description: 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. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/11/metallica-online-master-class-teaches-being-a-band.htm
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

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](https://www.masterclass.com/classes/metallica-teaches-being-a-band?campaignid=15074668276&adgroupid=131846426591&adid=556140162431&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5oiMBhDtARIsAJi0qk2JORTetyiFbqkzbQsyPflSAVcUfiyt8ABiVHl7723jJRonXBSHhNIaAunHEALw%5FwcB&ref=hypebot.com).

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*