Faculty member Sam DeRosa shares her songwriting insights at a panel from NAMM 2024. She has taught masterclasses in songwriting and has led acoustic session here at HVS Conservatory. She will be the featured artist at our HVSC Spring Showcase on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at The Hotel Cafe. Email info@hvsconservatory.com to RSVP!
Sam DeRosa says “Make the music that you need to make.”
“I think as a songwriter it’s just always important to remind yourself you have to make the music that you need to make—not that you *think* you need to make, or that you think you *have* to make. That is, it’s just poison for you of finding your voice and finding your sound and finding what makes you a good songwriter. And I think as an artist we all want to, you know, everybody wants to be “famous,” right? Everyone wants to be known in some way—whatever that word means to you. Nobody wants to be broke and struggling and most of the people that make it are broke way longer than they’ve ever been rich.
“I think the time that you spend getting to know yourself is what actually makes you interesting. Going off of what he’s saying is so real, the more that you spend time with your art and with your vision and what it is, it will radiate off of you without you even realizing it because that is what you will be giving out from spending time learning and loving yourself and what you create as a songwriter or an artist or both, whatever you are.”
About sam DeRosa
Sam DeRosa is a multiplatinum artist and songwriter originally from New York, now based in Los Angeles. She cowrote “broken” by lovelytheband, which is a record-breaking, longest-charting song in alt radio history (over 74 weeks). She has since written for Grammy-nominated albums like “Evergreen” by Pentatonix (on which she cowrote the title track, “evergreen”), and prides herself on being a multi-genre songwriter.
At HVS Conservatory, you can develop the necessary tools to succeed in the music industry. Based in Los Angeles, our faculty of music industry expert and mentors help to coach aspiring artists by passing on real-world training from their personal experiences alongside necessary musical training. Check out our schedule of masterclasses and free community events, including acoustic sessions, seasonal open house events, and artist showcases.