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Story-First Songwriting review

Story-First Songwriting publishes 544 course modules on Skool. It charges $7 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Story-First Songwriting, and nothing below is a verdict.

Story-First Songwriting is a Skool community, created in August 2025, that teaches lyric writing through the craft of storytelling.[1] It is aimed at songwriters who get stuck halfway through a song, or who keep tweaking a lyric without knowing why it works.[1] The community is taught by a story editor, Melanie, whose system is meant to take songwriters from an idea to lyrics ready for music.[1]

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Members
262
Published price
$7
per month
Members, last 32 days
+10
28 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#5,017
of 6,076 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#141
of 171 sellers listed in music and audio, by published members
Price rank in niche
#36
of 46 priced in Music and audio listed here, highest first
Niche
Music and audio
175 listed here
Created
23 Aug 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
21
since 24 Aug 2026

About Story-First Songwriting

Members start with Story-First Songwriting Basics, then move on to Lyric Studies, which examine the craft behind finished songs.[1] Alongside these sit concepts, trainings and tools for lyric writing, and the group holds two live calls a month.[1]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/songwriting, retrieved 23 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheMusic and audioFormatCommunityIncludesLive sessions

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
544
Courses
22
Posts, all time
835
People running it
1

Counts published by Story-First Songwriting on its own page, read on 23 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by melanie-naumann-5382.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 31 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 20ff4bcb681e.
Observable monthly ceiling
$7
monthly price
262
published members
$1,834
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the music and audio niche

Percentile among the other 174 music and audio listings here.

Price · further right is cheaper78th
most expensivecheapest

Price changes between our readings

Since we began tracking on 24 Aug 2026. We see the price only when we read the listing, so each change is dated by the readings either side of it. A change is listed only where both readings were taken the same way, in the same currency and billing period.

  • Between 31 Aug 2026 and 5 Sept 2026: $7 per month to $15 per month

Evidence and signals

Listed on 262 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
269 at its largest269 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
WebsiteYouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
+1+0.4%over 3 days+10+4.0%over 32 days
Price change
Changed between 31 Aug 2026 and 5 Sept 2026

21 observations over 68 days.

Member count
25225425625826026226224 Aug 202631 Oct 2026change
Monthly price
$8$10$12$14$724 Aug 202631 Oct 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
31 Oct 2026262+1$7 per month$1,834
28 Oct 20262610Free + paid tiersNot calculated
27 Oct 2026261+1Free + paid tiersNot calculated
26 Oct 20262600Free + paid tiersNot calculated
23 Oct 20262600$9 per month$2,340
22 Oct 20262600$9 per month$2,340
20 Oct 20262600Free + paid tiersNot calculated
19 Oct 2026260+1Free + paid tiersNot calculated
16 Oct 20262590Free + paid tiersNot calculated
15 Oct 2026259+1Free + paid tiersNot calculated
14 Oct 20262580Free + paid tiersNot calculated
12 Oct 2026258+2Free + paid tiersNot calculated
8 Oct 2026256-1Free + paid tiersNot calculated
7 Oct 2026257+2Free + paid tiersNot calculated
3 Oct 2026255+3Free + paid tiersNot calculated
28 Sept 2026252-6Free + paid tiersNot calculated
14 Sept 2026258-1$15 per month$3,870
7 Sept 20262590$15 per month$3,885
5 Sept 2026259+1$15 per month$3,885
31 Aug 20262580$7 per month$1,806
24 Aug 2026258$7 per month$1,806
Average per week, last 32 days28 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026+2
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 31 Oct 20260

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
27 Oct 2026269+4
27 Sept 2026265

Common questions about Story-First Songwriting

What is Story-First Songwriting?
Story-First Songwriting is a Skool community, created in August 2025, that teaches lyric writing through the craft of storytelling. It is aimed at songwriters who get stuck halfway through a song, or who keep tweaking a lyric without knowing why it works.
How much does Story-First Songwriting cost?
Story-First Songwriting charges $7 per month on Skool, read 31 Oct 2026. That is cheaper than 78% of the other priced music and audio listings here.
How many members does Story-First Songwriting have?
Story-First Songwriting lists 262 members, read 31 Oct 2026.
How has Story-First Songwriting's membership changed?
From 258 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 262 on 31 Oct 2026: up 4, or 2%.
How does Story-First Songwriting compare with other music and audio communities?
At $7 a month, Story-First Songwriting sits below the $15 median of the 45 priced music and audio listings here. The niche median is 510 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Story-First Songwriting?
Story-First Songwriting publishes 544 course modules, 22 courses, 835 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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