Composition and Songwriting Books and DVD/Videos

This product represents Mel Bay's top-of-the-line offering for student manuscript. Featuring Saddlestitch binding, the book will lay flat and stay open on a music stand. Perforated pages allow individual sheets to be torn out. Each of the 24 pages has 10 large, easy-to-read systems per page. Product Number: 30040Format: BookISBN: UPC: ISBN13: 9780786683956Series: Non-SeriesPublisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Date Published: 5/4/2012

How to Pitch Your Songs This is the only book written for songwriters from the viewpoint of a music publisher. Veteran music publisher Dude McLean presents the how-to of getting your songs recorded. It's the art and craft of songplugging from the perspective of a veteran music publisher who's been pitching, and been pitched to, for years. McLean's experience covers every aspect of music publishing, including representing, securing record de...

Originally published in 2003, and now revised and updated, The Songwriting Sourcebook is the third entry in Rikky Rooksby's bestselling How to Write Songs series. This easy-to-use book will help you write better songs by explaining the art of writing effective chord sequences. All examples come with easy-to-read guitar chord boxes, and the accompanying 20-track audio CD features original recordings that illustrate some of the points made in th...

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....

Essential for serious songwriters, this book offers inside tips on how - and where - to place songs through more than 2,000 up-to-date listings (includes 400 brand new listings) of song markets. Articles and interviews keep songwriters current on trends in the fast-paced music biz. Also includes info on songwriter organizations, listings of contests and workshops, e-mail addresses and websites, geographic and general indexes, and much more! (522 ...

This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositional skills as well as their understanding of various musical styles. Through a study and analysis of the scores and styles of the master composers, the author gives a broad view of the music of both the past and of the present. This allows the music...

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...

Emmy nominee Molly-Ann Leiken tells you how to find songwriting success. Explore lyrics, melody, song structure collaboration, publishing, recording and marketing aspects that tell you how to get from muse to millions! A great read. 120 pages.

How to Write a Hit Song Fifth Revised and Updated Edition Series: Book Publisher: Hal Leonard Medium: Softcover Author: Molly-Ann Leikin Covering all the essentials of craft and marketing for launching and sustaining a long, successful writing career, this cutting-edge revision contains an exclusive interview with Oscar-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge - "I Need to Wake Up" - and shows you, step by step, how to write a hit...

Series: Book Publisher: Backbeat Books Medium: Softcover Author: Rikky Rooksby So you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how. Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters, from Bob Dylan to the Beatles to Tori Amos, How to Write Songs on Guitar takes you through the four main elements of a song - rhythm, melody, lyrics, and harmony - and inspires you to combine them in exci...

Series: Instructional Format: Softcover with CD Author : John Wilson Author : Mike Tomaro Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Authors Mike Tomaro and John Wilson draw upon 50+ years of combined teaching experience to bring you a book that addresses all of the basic needs for beginning arrangers. Topics include counterpoint/linear writing, jazz harmony,...