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Insider Secrets to Hit Songwriting in the Digital Age

Author : Molly Leikin

Publisher : Permuted Press

Page : 181 pages

File Size : 46,33 MB

Release : 2022-07-19

Category : Music

ISBN : 1637582196

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Book Description

Whether you’re a lyricist, songwriter, or band, this powerful and inspiring book covers the essentials of contemporary craft—guiding you from good to great, then taking you through marketing, promotion, finding the right publisher, placing your song with an artist, getting signed, and providing the foundation for a successful writing career. This indispensable guide features exclusive and highly informative interviews with insiders across multiple genres, including Tim Wipperman, “the publisher’s publisher” in Nashville, Grammy-nominee J.P. Saxe (“If the World Was Ending”) and Grammy-winner Debbie Hupp (“You Decorated My Life”), R&B mega-producers/writers for Rihanna, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, Grammy-winner and composer of instrumental music Art Munson, jingle writer Jim Andron, and Grammy- and Emmy-winning children’s songwriters Michael Silversher and Patty Silversher. “This is a wonderful book that offers superb advice to songwriters, new and experienced. Molly Leikin gives you solid, practical information, whether you are writing and composing for yourself or the whole world. Listen to her advice. This book may well be your ticket to songwriting success!” —Philip Lee Williams, award-winning novelist and poet



How to Make a Good Song a Hit Song

Author : Molly-Ann Leikin

Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 18,41 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Popular music

ISBN : 9780793550043

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Book Description

Offers advice for editing and rewriting songs, mapping new song ideas, writing stronger melodies, and marketing lyrics and music.



How to be a Hit Songwriter

Author : Molly-Ann Leikin

Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 19,90 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780634050015

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(Book). You've written what you think is a great melody, what you hope is a strong lyric, and you've cut what sounds to you like a killer track. But how do you know if it's a hit? And what do you do with it if it is? Your only option is How to Be a Hit Songwriter , essential reading for advanced songwriters. Molly-Ann Leikin is the award-winning songwriter/songwriting consultant who helps good songwriters all over the world become hit songwriters. Whether your work just needs a little rewriting, polishing or some strong connections, Leikin will guide you step by step to the top of the charts. In How to Be a Hit Songwriter she offers expert advice and exercises, including "Seven Easy Steps to Writing Hit Lyrics." The book features inside information that can turn your song into a potential hit. What's more, she's interviewed music industry power players who share tips that are essential to all developing artists.



Hack Your Hit

Author : Jay Frank

Publisher :

Page : 184 pages

File Size : 49,97 MB

Release : 2012-01-31

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780984684502

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Frank provides musicians with tools to succeed with music in the digital age.OSo powerful it will exponentially increase your odds of success in the musicindustry.ONMichael Laskow, CEO, TAI Independent A & R.



How Do I Get A Record Deal? Sign Yourself!: Earn Your 1st Million Streams & Find Your 1st True 1,000 Fans

Author : Benjamin Groff

Publisher : R. R. Bowker

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 24,54 MB

Release : 2020-12-21

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781734335415

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Stop ⚠ pitching your music to record labels! Instead...★SIGN YOURSELF!★ Let me guess? Are you a music artist, not living your passion, grinding at your 9 to 5 and wondering "How to get signed to a record deal?" Unfortunately, record labels just do not care about your music until you start showing up on their data and research reports. Solution? Let's flip the script! That's right! This book shows you exactly how to get more fans, achieve your 1st Million Streams, and deliver the "exponential metrics" the labels are looking for. That's right. "How to make it in the music business" is completely different today. So instead, let's get the labels to call you! Written by 25 + year music business veteran, Benjamin Groff, "Sign Yourself" includes: The signature "Sign Yourself" program - 12 repeatable steps to get signed! ✓ Get more fans and make a living with just 1,000 core fans! ✓ Music marketing and how to promote your music - the NEW way! ✓ How to stand out amongst 175,000 + music releases per week! ✓ How to create your own sonic identity! ✓ How and where to upload your music along with key release strategies! ✓ Identify the right partners (digital distributors, publicists, indie labels, music marketers, music supervisors, publishers and more)! ✓ The book also answers a huge question - do you even need a record label today? After reading this book, the answer just might be: quit your day job, make your entire living making music and Sign Yourself! Each copy includes a free audiobook and a downloadable plan for releasing your music, showing you exactly what to do when for your next music launch. Don't wait! Read this book and learn how to unlock all the benefits to - SIGN YOURSELF! ★★Scroll to the top and click the 'BUY NOW" button, before the price changes.★★



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting

Author : Joel Hirschhorn

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 21,87 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781592572113

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A comprehensive book for today's amateur musician interested in creating and writing his or her own songs, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting, Second Edition, is the most complete and up-to-date book available. Beating coverage from other series competition, Oscar-winning (and Grammy and Tony award nominated) author Joel Hirschhorn shares his firsthand knowledge of coming up with ideas, rhyming schemes, hooks, melodies, lyrics, and even titles - everything readers need to create their own hit songs! This new edition features coverage of the music business along with the ins and outs of selling a song including working with publishers, producers, artists, managers, accountants, agents, and even attorneys. Best of all, this newest edition features special chapters on genre songwriting - with all new coverage of Latin music, Rock/Blues, Children's music, writing for television, film, and more.



Indie Rock 101

Author : Richard Turgeon

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 32,99 MB

Release : 2012-11-12

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 113612165X

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Book Description

Indie Rock 101 is a clear, concise, all-in-one primer for beginning to mid-level musicians looking for the essential fundamentals behind running, recording and promoting their band. It's all the basics that can take years to collate from more specialized or technical books, magazines and websites-and it's written by a real independent musician. * Part I, Running Your Band covers the topics most relevant to forming and running the band: the people, practice and songwriting * Part II, Recording covers pre-production considerations, gear and how-to basics, and timeless fundamentals and techniques around recording, mixing and mastering * Part III, Promoting covers what you need to know to establish and grow your fan base, including graphic design, your press kit and website, sharing and selling your music, playing out and making a video Whether you're just starting out or looking for a 360-degree primer to help take your music to the next level, Indie Rock 101 is the one book that covers it all. Featuring photos and Q&As from: Birdmonster * CDBaby founder Derek Sivers * Juliana Hatfield * John Vanderslice * Karate * Mark Kozelek of



The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

Author : Karl Iglesias

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 31,5 MB

Release : 2011-10-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 144052789X

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Book Description

Takes a look into the lives and workspaces of screenwriters, who share their best practices in their own writing careers.



Making Money with Music

Author : Randy Chertkow

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Page : 423 pages

File Size : 19,99 MB

Release : 2018-09-04

Category : Music

ISBN : 1250192099

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“[Chertkow and Feehan] are the ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry.” —Billboard Magazine You can make a living with music today. The secret is to tap multiple income streams. Making Money With Music gives you over 100 revenue streams and the knowledge on how to tap them. Whether you're a solo artist, band, DJ, EDM producer, or other musician, this book gives you strategies to generate revenue, grow your fan base, and thrive in today's technology-driven music environment. Plus, it lists hundreds of services, tools, and critical resources you need to run your business and maximize income. Making Money With Music will show you: How to tap over 100 income streams 7 business strategies you can implement immediately How to start your music business for $0. How to register your music to collect all of the royalties you are owed worldwide. 13 ways to compete with free and build experiences to drive fan loyalty and engagement into everything you do to increase your revenue. 45 categories of places to get your music heard and videos seen so you can get discovered, grow your fanbase, generate royalties, and boost licensing opportunities. 10 methods for raising money so you can fund your music production and projects. ...and more. Written by the authors of the critically-acclaimed modern classic The Indie Band Survival Guide (1st & 2nd Editions), Making Money With Music is the third installment in The Indie Band Survival Guide series, and will help you build a sustainable music business no matter what kind of music you make, where you live, and whether you're a novice or professional musician. Improve your income by implementing these ideas for your music business today.



Murphy's Laws of Songwriting

Author : Ralph Murphy

Publisher : Murphy's Laws of Songwriting

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 19,13 MB

Release : 2013-04

Category : Music

ISBN : 0615416594

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Revised 2013 About the Book Achieving "hit writer" status has always been a formidable goal for any songwriter. Never more so however than in the 21st century. Catching the ear of the monumentally distracted, fragmented listener has never been more difficult. Getting their attention, inviting them in to your song and keeping them there for long enough for your song to become "their song" requires more than being just a "good" songwriter. Murphy's Laws of Songwriting "The Book" arms the songwriter for success by demystifying the process and opening the door to serious professional songwriting. Hall of fame songwriter Paul Williams said in his review of the book "If there was a hit songwriters secret handshake Da Murphy would probably have included it." About the Author Ralph Murphy, songwriter, has been successful for five decades. Consistently charting songs in an ever-changing musical environment makes him a member of that very small group of professionals who make a living ding what they love to do. Add to that the platinum records as a producer, the widely acclaimed Murphy's Laws of Songwriting articles used as part of curriculum at colleges, universities, and by songwriter organizations, his success as the publisher and co-owner of the extremely successful Picalic Group of Companies and you see a pattern of achievement based on more than luck.