Hone Your Craft Like Never Before

Platinum Mentorship Program

Featuring 1:1 mentoring for the most intimate feedback on your music and artistry, this is the most immersive development opportunity we’ve ever offered. With personal assignments and a unique program tailored to your specific needs, you’ll shorten the distance between “good enough” and your truly great songs.

Applications Now Open

Andrea Stolpe Mentorship - Coaching Songwriters

What You Can Expect

 
 
Andrea Stolpe sitting with a songwriter at her Songwriting Retreat, providing mentorship

The highlight of this program is 1:1 communication and feedback with Andrea herself. With direct messaging access to Andrea, you’ll use text and audio messages to develop your songs, discuss your questions, work on your personal assignments, and make/implement a plan to move forward in your career trajectory and creative growth.

This mentorship is curated to bring you closer to your goals, whatever they may be. Within one year, past mentees have released EPs, found their own artistic voice, built a steady writing routine, connected with the right producer, booked regular gigs, and have even arranged their own shows. Many have finally completed catalogs of unfinished songs that had been waiting for years. Along the way, they’ve strengthened their performance skills, grown more confident in their writing, and built a clearer sense of direction in their artistry.

 

About Andrea

Andrea is a songwriter, speaker, and author with over 20 years of experience in the music industry, penning songs for such artists as Faith Hill, Jimmy Wayne, and Julianne Hough.

She has worked with Universal Music Publishing, EMI, and Almo-Irving, and authored Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, a staple text for songwriting programs at Belmont University in Nashville, Berklee College of Music, and University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. 

Andrea helped establish the songwriting courses at USC Thornton School of Music, and her educational work has earned Grammy nominations and a Gold Telly Award. She continues to mentor songwriters through retreats and speaking engagements in the US and abroad.

  • "The mentorship program with Andrea has truly lifted my songwriting to a level I never thought possible. I’m still in the program and can’t see leaving anytime soon. It’s just that beneficial."

    Victoria Sharrar

  • "The feedback you will receive in the program is not just a one-time critique of your song(s); it is an ongoing, living, breathing conversation about each and every song. It is clear Andrea is a devoted, articulate, experienced, and fair mentor who has the ability to pin point what song writing areas need attention as well as the ability to inspire with encouragement."

    Smudgie

  • "Andrea has a true gift. She is able to critique in a way that gets you inspired to be better. Her honesty, helpful comments and suggestions allowed me to see the bigger picture. I am grateful for her ability to gently push me outside my boundaries."

    Candy Foran

  • "My goal was to give myself the nudge I needed to write every day and always have songs on the go. Having Andrea there every day to give me feedback, suggestions and encouragement on songs has transformed how much I write and how much more fun and doable it is. I don’t procrastinate as much or criticize my stuff like I used to. I have more tools and ideas and motivation to keep moving forward."

    Lowry Olafson

  • "If you are considering this mentorship as a way to becoming the songwriter you want to be, consider no more. Just DO IT! Invest in yourself because Andrea will invest her time into you... Not only did my songs go through this incredible transformation, my soul did as well, and I am eternally grateful."

    Donna Andreeff

  • "Andrea's new Mentorship program goes way beyond the usual online songwriting course or workshop in providing one-on-one attention to the details of lyric writing, song structure, rhythm, harmony and melody. Andrea provides meaningful feedback with grace and kindness while always keeping you motivated to reach the next level of your writing skills."

    Michael Costelloe

  • "Andrea understands the song I mean to be writing, and has immediate, practical suggestions for how to change notes, words, chords, rhythms to get closer. I love having time to go incorporate her ideas, and then come back for more."

    Nancy Cunningham

Pricing

 

To maintain the intimate nature of this 1:1 mentorship, spaces are limited for this program.
Applications are now open:

  • 1 Month Personal Mentorship: $1,800

  • 3 Month Personal Mentorship: $5,000

  • 6 Month Personal Mentorship: $9,000

  • 12 Month Personal Mentorship: $15,000

Your First Month

We understand that committing to a long-term mentorship is a big step. Because we want to make sure you feel confident that this mentorship program is right for you, we’ve introduced a Taster Month as an opportunity to experience the Platinum Mentorship Program for one month at a discounted rate of $1,500. At the end of the month, you’ll have the option to extend your mentorship for a 3, 6, or 12 month period.

If you’d like to take part in the Taster Month, there will be an option to opt in when you’re accepted. If you have questions about payment plans, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Please note - This mentorship program is NOT for everyone:

It's really important that you're at a level where you're ready to get the most out of this mentorship program, as I know this is a large commitment of time and finances. If you’re just starting out, or looking to enjoy songwriting as a hobby, I have a lot of free resources, articles and videos for you. But if you’re serious about carving a path for yourself in the music industry, then this is an opportunity for us to accelerate your songwriting process together like never before.

I look forward to receiving your application,

Andrea Stolpe Songwriting Mentor
 
 
 
Five star review - Andrea Stolpe Songwriting

Life Changing

Andrea's approach to songwriting is unlike anything I have ever encountered before, and yet it is exactly what I've always needed. She isn't there to impress her ideas onto your projects. She's there to help you untangle obstacles with practical exercises. Her feedback is the most constructive I've ever received, and she improved my writing process in ways I never imagined. I highly recommend her mentorship. I'm not exaggerating when I say it changed my life.

- Kalina Scollon

Five star review - Andrea Stolpe Songwriting

Andrea’s the best… boom, mic drop!

I didn't know what to expect from a months long mentorship program that involved daily contact with Andrea. I had taken another of Andrea's courses, and it was incredible, but this seemed like a very different kind of thing, and I had a feeling it could be a life changing experience. I was right on both counts. Andrea's teaching style should be adopted by all teachers at all levels of education. She knows how to give guidance that feels like you're sitting on a soft white cloud. It's gentle, and it's also detailed, to the point, and spot on. She knows her stuff, and she spends real time listening to your songs. Sometimes she takes a day or two to think about the song before she gives the feedback. I've taken a lot of songwriting courses over the years, but this mentorship took everything to a whole different level. The songs I wrote while working with Andrea in this program are the best I've ever written. So, I'm going to do the program again next January for another six months. Andrea is awesome. :)

- Carlene

 FAQs

  • This program is designed for intermediate-advanced level writers. If you are passionate about creating a life and career within the music industry, then this program is designed for you. We’ve created an application form that is aimed to give us a clear indication of how we can best serve you at your current level, and if we feel that you’re ready for this more intensive level of mentorship. Andrea reviews and responds to all applications personally within 1 week.

  • Yes. If you’d like to join for a longer period of time, but spread the cost of the program across a few months, we do have an interest-free payment plan available. Please email Madison (madison@andreastolpe.com) for more information.

  • Because this program is designed to help you hone your voice, refine your craft, and achieve significant musical goals over time, Andrea does not provide feedback for individual songs on a one-off basis. To ensure real progress, participants commit to a 3, 6, or 12-month mentorship term.

  • While the program is designed to last a full year, it is possible to join for a shorter 3 or 6 month period if you have a specific goal in mind.

  • Andrea responds to messages several times a week, though you’re free to send them to her anytime. This program is designed to be fast-paced and dynamic, so we can move forward as quickly as you’re able to complete each assignment.

  • We’ll plan on having a 2-week holiday break at the end of December, and there will be a few other weeks that Andrea is away for national holidays and infrequent vacations (approximately 2 weeks out of every 3 months). For those weeks, Andrea will set you up with larger assignments ahead of time if requested.