{"id":78,"name":"Rodney Alejandro","url":"","description":"<strong>Rodney Alejandro<\/strong> is the chair of the Songwriting department at Berklee College of Music. A Grammy- and Latin Grammy\u2013nominated producer, composer, and performer, he has collaborated with artists including Quincy Jones, Sting, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder. His credits span chart-topping songs in multiple markets, a tenure as music director for the Script, and composing for acclaimed TV series like <em>The Shield<\/em>. For Berklee Online, he teaches several levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/private-lesson-schedules\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private songwriting lessons<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Songwriting<\/a> graduate degree. He also teaches <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/music-demo-production-for-songwriters?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Music Demo Production for Songwriters<\/em><\/a>, both <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/culminating-experience-in-songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Culminating Experience in Songwriting<\/em><\/a> courses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/topline-and-vocal-production?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Topline and Vocal Production<\/em><\/a>, which he authored.","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/author\/rodney-alejandro\/","slug":"rodney-alejandro","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-27-at-10.58.31-AM.png","48":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-27-at-10.58.31-AM.png","96":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-27-at-10.58.31-AM.png"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - 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