Berklee Press: 41 books
Pat Pattison's Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming
A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming for Poets and Lyricists
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
(Berklee Press). Find better rhymes, and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. Make rhyme work for you, and your lyric writing will greatly...
The Self-Promoting Musician
Strategies for Independent Music Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
(Berklee Guide). This updated second edition will teach you how to take charge of your musical career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. Filled with empowering resources and tips for self-managed musicians, including: How to write a business plan, create press kits, sharpen your business chops;...
Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming
A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming and Lyrics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1991
(Berklee Press). This book has a very specific purpose: to help songwriters find better rhymes and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyrics writing, and this guide will provide all of the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. The exercises...
by Lalo Schifrin
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
(Berklee Guide). Learn film-scoring techniques from one of the great film/television composers of our time. Lalo Schifrin shares his insights into the intimate relationship between music and drama. The book is illustrated with extended excerpts from his most iconic scores such as Mission: Impossible...
by Jonathan Wyner
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
(Berklee Guide). Improve the sound of your recordings. Mastering is the art of optimizing recorded sound, finding the ideal volume levels and tonal quality, and insuring data integrity necessary to produce a professional-quality duplication and distribution-ready master. This book introduces the techniques...
Songwriting Strategies
A 360-Degree Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
(Berklee Guide). Write songs starting from any direction: melody, lyric, harmony, rhythm, or idea. This book will help you expand your range and flexibility as a songwriter. Discussions, hands-on exercises, and notated examples will help you hone your craft. This creatively liberating approach supports...
Popular Lyric Writing
10 Steps to Effective Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
(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...
Understanding Audio
Getting the Most Out of Your Project or Professional Recording Studio
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
(Berklee Guide). Understanding Audio explores the fundamentals of audio and acoustics that impact every stage of the music recording process. Whether you are a musician setting up your first Pro Tools project studio, or you are a seasoned recording engineer or producer eager to find a reference that...
Writer. Producer. Engineer.
A Handbook for Creating Contemporary Commercial Music
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
(Berklee Guide). Writers of commercial music are more in demand than ever before. The rules have changed in the past decade, and the contemporary writer needs a multifaceted skillset in order to succeed in business. This book will help you master the three roles of the new job: writer, producer, and...
Classical Studies for Pick-Style Guitar - Volume 1 (Music Instruction)
Develop Technical Proficiency with Innovative Solos and Duets
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1986
(Guitar Method). This Berklee Workshop, featuring over 20 solos and duets by Bach, Carcassi, Paganini, Sor and other renowned composers, is designed to acquaint intermediate to advanced pick-style guitarists with some of the excellent classical music that is adaptable to pick-style guitar. With study...
Recording and Producing in the Home Studio
A Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
(Berklee Methods). With the explosion of project studio gear available, it's easier than ever to create pro-quality music at home. This book is the only reference you'll ever need to start producing and engineering your music or other artists' music in your very own home studio. You don't have a home...
Beginning Songwriting
Writing Your Own Lyrics, Melodies, and Chords
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
(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.
by Mark McGrain
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1990
(Berklee Methods). Learn the essentials of music notation, from fundamental pitch and rhythm placement to intricate meter and voicing alignments. This book also covers the correct way to subdivide rhythms and notate complex articulations and dynamics. An excellent resource for both written and computer notation software!
by Michael Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
(Berklee Guide). Learn twelve classic bebop guitar solos from six of the greatest bebop artists. Each solo includes a technical introducation with analytical insights and references to its classic recording. The transcribed solos include: All the Things You Are (Tal Farlow) * Four on Six (Wes Montgomery)...