About $ongwondo Founder Alex Von Soos

Hi, I'm Alex Von Soos. I love sharing what I've learned in decades as a professional (and often successful) songwriter. I've co-written with some of the best in the business, and what they all have in common is a relentless pursuit of excellence which is what I'm about-and what my $ongwondo training method is all about. Do I come up with excellent work every minute of every day? No—but when you keep at it the rewards will come and those moments when everything falls into place will become more frequent-without losing their magic!

Click on the videos below to hear two of my major releases:

And here are some of the highlights of my long songwriting career—the rejection letters and punishing hours? All forgotten now...

signed to a major record deal with Warner Records in the UK
signed to a major publishing deal with Universal Publishing
received a platinum disc for the UK No.1 hit single "Black Coffee" by All Saints
achieved No.1 status in South Korea with the track "Reach" by XIA
achieved No.1 album success with UK girl bands Atomic Kitten and All Saints
over 6 million records sold and many more streamed
co-wrote with some the superstars of the songwriting world like Wayne Hector(One Direction) and Cathy Dennis(Katy Perry)
went on paid writing trips to Nashville, New York, LA, Berlin and Stockholm
recorded an album with the guitarists from Sting's and Paul McCartney's bands
made a successful living from songwriting and production alone for 30 years
worked with many exciting indie artists as well as on chart pop music—see this page for some music examples

I believe that this background probably makes me one of the most commercially successful songwriting teachers out there—obviously not the most successful songwriter ever but in this business things can always happen very quickly—if you've done your homework of course!