Lots of great thought-provoking content, decent homework assignments. Well worth it.

4/5 stars because you get very little quality individual attention. Your assignments are graded by your peers, who don't know any more than you do, and often a lot less.

It was useful to me to grade others' work, tho. It made me think about it differently.

The only reason I didn't give the course four stars is that it is so rich, I need to take it again! When I've completed it the second time (very time-consuming) and can really appreciate all the professor has to offer, I'll raise to five!

A lot of songwriting tools were introduced. It felt like I was learning many things about something I'd already been doing for so long.

I wish the explanations around rhythms and building structure were a bit better.

A great course, learned a lot but due to not being in a position to purchase the certificate OI could not submit quizzes or assignments, such a shame as I could not get feedback

It was a great course with a highly knowledgeable instructor. Just make sure quiz answers are updated regularly, as many answers were marked incorrectly when they were correct.

Great practical exercises and lectures. More can be done on the peer review side and also connect students (apart from the FB group).

Thanks to Pat for sharing his knowledge. It was a great course and I got to learn a lot. Excited to keep writing. Thank you. :)

Pretty good but may be challenging for anyone who is just starting our to learn Music but a good course overall.

From the start till the end. It was connected totally. It was much better then the musical theory course anyway

I learned a lot in during the course. My only advice is to be more upfront about the time involved.

The weight of a peer review should not be as heavy because they aren't the teacher.

Now that it is done, great class. Felt like torture; torture you learn from.

It is not a good course for those who are not native speakers of english.

it was benefiticial for me in helping out basic skills of music

good but very boring so its hard to keep doing it

I got to learn a lot. Very useful course.

fantastic course! I learned a lot. M

pretty good

Wish that the course could consider expectations from an Indian lyric writer. It is good for the students who have a background in Hollywood or west movies / songs.

A bit disorganized and rambling lectures. Good content

I thought the lessons were really boring, there are some interesting aspects about it, but it's hard to concentrate, Pat Pattinson couldn't get me hooked up all the time.

only if you're super interested in learning song writing.

It is learning experience but few videos get repeated

For two courses in a row I haven't got my certificate. Your peers give you less than something ridiculous like 80%, and you have to resubmit. Then, the clock is ticking... You have to get submissions in before your peers have marked their proscribed four reviews. This happened on my Web Design course too. I got half way through and selfish peers, not thinking what it means, gave me crappy grades, and I couldn't get high enough grades to get a pass in the rush to get reviewed. I always give ten grades to counter act tight arses, who have let grading go to their heads. You fancy yourself as someone who can give another person a 4, believe me, you're not half as smart as you think, and am actually an arsehole.

This is an awesome course and really improved my songwriting confidence and technique. The instructor is interesting, and the master class videos are very compelling.

Unfortunately, the peer grading part of it utterly ruins the experience. You have to wait for someone to "grade" the final assignment and then if you don't pass it you are basically stuck in the course, unable to complete it. Considering writing my next song about being stuck in Coursera purgatory.