Songwriting category: 158 books

"The Rhymester or; The Rules of Rhyme" is a comprehensive guide to rhyming, being a dictionary of rhymes, an examination of classical measures with comments on burlesque, comic verse, and song-writing. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in poetry- and song-writing,...

From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley dominated American music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods and styles analyzed and imitated,...

Learn how to write and compose music for commercials. Kill writer's block and find out how to see "The Matrix" as you become a power player in such a lucrative musical field. A must-have for every songwriter, instrumentalist, composer, and musician looking to get into commercials.

Sometimes we find a muse for our songs. Some songs never turn into real music, they stay as words on paper or little poems.....Here are a few songs I have in my head....

More lyrics for album, some random ideas that crossed into my head at the coffeeshop. scribbled ideas, don't mean much

Stretching from the Florida Coast, down to the beautiful island of sunny Jamaica, with an origin of African roots; this multi culture book will surely amuse, relax, inform, educate and more than all, guide you to a more positive way of living. This book of poems is one for people who can appreciate...

1993 part 2 is 101 songs to read and enjoy. Covering a wide range of topics, mostly love, and quite plagiarised by myself. Life in general had changed, the world, the people in it, the ways, the whys, the whats. What the hell were we doing to the world? If only we had kept things the way they were...

Music Production: How to Make Your Own Music – Home Recording Studio Quick Start Guide On How to Make Your Own Beats Even though it seems like we only learn about the actual recording of instruments, then see the result through the CD, there is an entire process that is hidden behind the...

(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!

Confucius once said ‘If you want to know what’s up the road ahead ask the man coming back down it’ Knowledge is both the key to not getting ripped off but it also unlocks the secrets of how to beat the opposition in a very competitive industry. When you add tips on saving tons...

STOP BEATING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL AND START TAKING YOUR MUSIC CAREER SERIOUSLY! Music Business Guru and multi-platinum music producer, music business book author, and educator, Sahpreem A. King is offering up his third installment of “In Your Face” music business wisdom's especially...

by David Atkinson, Vic Gammon, Rikky Rooksby, Mark Brend, John Morrish, Martin Carthy, and Nigel Williamson. Words & melodies for 80+ traditional songs, plus detailed explorations of their history & meaning and their value to writers & performers. With audio tracks of 20 songs recorded in the field.

Fading West is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on January 14, 2014 through Atlantic.Fading West sold 39,000 units in its first week of the release in the U.S., allowing it to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart, and thus become the band's...