Author : Andrea Stolpe
Publisher : Berklee Press Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780876390870
Hit-songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe shares her ten-step songwriting process that will help you craft lyrics that communicate heart to heart with your audience. She advises on how to: streamline and accelerate your writing process; use lyric structures and techniques at the heart of countless hit songs; write even when you're not inspired; and more.
Author : Andrea Stolpe
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1495029603
(Berklee Guide). Learn to write songs! This book presents the basic concepts of popular songwriting, such as song construction, creativity techniques, melodic and harmonic development, how to write memorable lyrics, and other core topics. Hands-on exercises make it practical, and the accompanying recording illustrates the concepts for those who don't yet read music.
Author : Pat Pattison
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2009-12-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 1599631660
The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover: • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes • Ways to use repetition as an asset • How to successfully manipulate meter • Instruction for matching lyrics with music • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles • Advice for working with a co-writer • And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.
Author : Sheila Davis
Publisher : Writers Digest Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 1984-10-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780898791495
Based on the author's highly successful songwriting workshops and seminars.
Author : Pat Pattison
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 1599632977
Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: • tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details • effectively use metaphor and comparative language • add rhythm to your writing and manage phrasing Songwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Divided into four sections, Songwriting Without Boundaries features four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers.
Author : Andrea Stolpe
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476867437
(Berklee Guide). Write songs that sell! Hit-songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe shares time-tested tools of commercial songwriting. Her ten-step process will help you to craft lyrics that communicate heart to heart with your audience. She analyzes hit lyrics from artists such as Faith Hill and John Mayer, and reveals why they are successful and how you can make your own songs successful too. Stolpe advises on how to: streamline and accelerate your writing process; use lyric structures and techniques at the heart of countless hit songs; write even when you're not inspired; more!
Author : Jack Perricone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199967652
A thorough songwriting guide featuring lessons that cover melody, harmony, rhythm, lyric writing, and form, along with emphasis on loop-based and riff-based writing, with hundreds of examples from well-known songwriters and a companion accessible website to listen to audio samples.
Author : Paul Zollo
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The classic collection of candid interviews with the greatest songwriters of our time, including Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, and dozens more This expanded fourth edition of Songwriters on Songwriting includes ten new interviews--with Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed, and others. In these pages, sixty-two of the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from blues to pop to rock, here are the figures that have shaped American music as we know it.
Author : Jack Perricone
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780634006388
Discover songwriting techniques from the hit makers! This comprehensive guide unlocks the secrets of hit songs, examining them, and revealing why they succeed. Learn to write memorable melodies and discover the dynamic relationships between melody, harmony, rhythm, and rhyme. Fine-tune your craft and start writing hits!
Author : Jimmy Kachulis
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476867372
(Berklee Press). Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including: colors of chords and keys * chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colors * dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions * the most common chord progressions used in hit songs * and more. Practice your songs with the online audio accompaniment tracks!
