Composition and Songwriting Books and DVD/Videos

Songwriter's Market is packed with insider information about the music industry that can spell the difference between success and failure. You'll find support and encouragement through listings for support organizations, online resources, as well as articles and interviews with industry insiders. With completely updated listings for music publishers, record companies, managers, booking agents, and record producers, as well as information about ho...

Where & How to Market Your Songs Series: Book Publisher: Writer's Digest Books Format: Softcover The 33rd annual edition of this bestseller is packed with accurate info to jumpstart your songwriting career. Readers will find support and encouragement through proven contacts for organizations, detailed submission guidelines, online resources, and songwriting-related books and magazines, as well as articles and interviews with industry ins...

Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band A Composer's Insight, Volume 4 is the fourth in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, “behind-the-notes” perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer music...

Art Song: Linking Poetry and Music is a follow-up to author Carol Kimball's bestselling Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature.Rather than a general survey of art song literature, the new bookclearly and insightfully defines the fundamental characteristics of artsong, and the integral relationship between lyric poetry and its musicalsettings. Topics covered include poetry basics for singers, exercisesfor singers in working with poetry, in...

Series: Reference Publisher: Music Pro Guides Medium: Softcover Author: Lisa Aschmann A great tool for all songwriters looking for creative resources. 1000 Songwriting Ideas is a handy book of creativity exercises that stop writer's block and spark the fire of your imagination. It offers concepts to ponder as starting places for lyric writing, along with some of the most provocative and inspirational examples you may encounter anywhere....

God Songs: How to Write and Select Songs for Worship Series: Integrity Publisher: LeadWorship.com Medium: Softcover Author: Carol Owens Author: Jimmy Owens Author: Paul Baloche This instructional book by songwriters Paul Baloche and Jimmy & Carol Owens covers basic songwriting principles like how to develop a song after inspiration comes, 30 characteristics that make a song memorable, 16 shared qualities of great worship songs and ...

Series: Book Publisher: Hal Leonard Format: Softcover Author : Jay Warner How to Have Your Hit Song Published is an indispensable, step-by-step guide for songwriters to navigate through the competitive business of music publishing. This long-overdue revision of the original 1988 bestseller contains even more savoir faire advice on striking the right chord with publishers, producers, music industry attorneys and record executives, and is wr...

How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chartteaches an innovative and simple approach to drum chart writing thattakes almost no time to learn. Designed for drummers, composers, andstudents who need drum charts for the various songs they encounter, thismethod won’t require you to turn multiple pages and read bar after barof music. Instead, you will see the full form of a song on one piece ofpaper and only need to write a few measures of drum nota...

Series: Berklee Guide Publisher: Berklee Press Format: Softcover Author : Matthew Nicholl Author : Richard Grudzinski Whether you notate music by hand or use computer software, this practical reference will show you today's best practices rendering the details of your scores and parts. Improve your music's legibility and express your ideas clearly to get the best possible representation of your music. You will learn to: create scores th...