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How to Write Songs on Keyboards book cover How to Write Songs on Keyboards book cover
How to Write Songs on Keyboards How to Write Songs on Keyboards
Rikky Rooksby - Hal Leonard Corporation

This book helps both keyboard and guitar players to find and develop interesting chords and chord sequences on a keyboard, and then use them to write their own songs. Rather than trying to teach intricate... view details
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How to Write Your First Song book cover How to Write Your First Song book cover
How to Write Your First Song How to Write Your First Song
Dr. Dave Walker - Hal Leonard Corporation

Your first song is the hardest one you will ever write. This book is designed to help you accomplish that goal. We're not going to jot down just any song, but one that you are proud of, one that gives you

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Interactive Composition Interactive Composition (Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live)
V.J. Manzo & Will Kuhn - Oxford University Press

Interactive Composition empowers readers with all of the practical skills and insights they need to compose and perform electronic popular music in a variety of popular styles. It begins by

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$49.95
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JingleMoney JingleMoney (The Essential Guide to Making Real Money Writing Jingles)
Walter R. Dailey - Hal Leonard Corporation

Walter R. Dailey's insight in the jingle industry is unparalleled. In this easy-to-read guide, he offers clear steps for earning hundreds of thousands of dollars making music for TV, radio, and online ads.

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$23.00
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Melody in Songwriting Melody in Songwriting (Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs)
Jack Perricone - Hal Leonard Corporation

Melody is a subject too often neglected in the teaching of music. This unique resource gives melody the attention it deserves and proves that melody writing is a skill that can be learned. Through proven

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Music Production Music Production (A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition)
Michael Zager - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive road map for navigating the continuous transformations in the music industry

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$64.00
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Music Theory, Songwriting, and the Piano Music Theory, Songwriting, and the Piano (Work Flow - Producing, Composing, and Recording Projects)
Various - Alfred Music Publishing

This easy-to-understand and in-depth guide to the language of music covers the essentials producers and engineers need to understand music theory and song writing.  This book provides an understanding of music... view details
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$39.99
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Popular Lyric Writing Popular Lyric Writing
STOLPE, A - Berklee Press

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... view details
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$17.99
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Profile of a Hit Songwriter Profile of a Hit Songwriter
Lacie Carpenter & Thornton Cline - Hal Leonard Corporation

What characteristics, qualities and traits make a hit songwriter? What roles do hard work, talent, early musical development and environment play in becoming successful in an industry that changes daily?

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The Singer Songwriter's Guide to Recording in the Home Studio The Singer Songwriter's Guide to Recording in the Home Studio
Shane Adams - Hal Leonard Corporation

Record songs in your own home studio! Today's smart singer-songwriter needs to be able to record high quality demo recordings. Whatever your budget, living arrangement, or technological aptitude, this book

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Six Steps to Songwriting Success Six Steps to Songwriting Success
BLUME, J - Hal Leonard Corporation

This book provides novices an easy-to-understand, step-by-step approach to mastering those elements consistently found in hit songs. Incorporating inspiring anecdotes; 30 effective exercises for practicing,... view details
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Song Writing Sourcebook Song Writing Sourcebook
BACKBEAT BOOKS - Hal Leonard Corporation

Complementing Rikky Rooksby's bestselling How to Write Songs on Guitar (00330574), this easy-to-use reference book will teach you how to write better songs. It analyzes important issues including writing... view details
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$22.99
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Song and System Song and System (The Making of American Pop Music)
Harvey Rachlin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

This investigation of how music entered American homes and became a cultural institution that would expand to become a multibillion-dollar industry weaves a history of the evolution of pop music in tandem

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$33.00
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Songs and Solos Songs and Solos (Creating the Right Solo for Every Song)
Rikky Rooksby - Hal Leonard Corporation

This guidebook teaches songwriters exactly how to create awesome solos that will really help their material stand out.

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Songwriter's Workshop Songwriter's Workshop (Melody)
Jimmy Kachulis - Hal Leonard Corporation

Spark your imagination with hundreds of creative songwriting techniques! This hands-on guide provides lessons on how to write innovative songs, based on popular songwriting courses at Berklee College of Music.... view details
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Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary book cover Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary book cover
Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary
MITCHELL - Alfred Music Publishing

This is the easiest, most practical rhyming dictionary available. Now you can find the word you're looking for while discovering words you hadn't thought of. This invaluable resource lists words in dictionary... view details
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Songwriter's Workshop - Harmony Songwriter's Workshop - Harmony
KACHULIS, J - Berklee Press

Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the... view details
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Songwriting Made Easy Songwriting Made Easy
Russell Robinson - Alfred Music Publishing

This is a great how-to book for all songwriters. Russ has carefully presented step-by-step directions and guidelines for putting creative musical ideas on paper. The material is presented in a workbook style,... view details
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The Songwriting Sourcebook The Songwriting Sourcebook
Rikky Rooksby - Hal Leonard Corporation

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... view details
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Songwriting Strategies Songwriting Strategies (A 360 Degree Approach)
Mark Simos - Berklee Press

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

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Songwriting and the Creative Process Songwriting and the Creative Process
GILLETTE, S - Hal Leonard Corporation

Songwriting and the Creative Process is a complete guide to developing songwriting skills from inception of the idea to completing the song. 240 p.... view details
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Songwriting for Beginners Songwriting for Beginners (An Easy Beginning Method)
Miriam Davidson & Kiya Heartwood - Alfred Music Publishing

Anyone can get started learning how to write a song with this user-friendly basic method. You will learn how to write a melody, write an interesting chord progression, develop ideas, write lyrics and more.... view details
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