Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting: 126 Proven Techniques for Writing Songs That Sell
Here are 126 Shortcuts that will take your songs from good to great! Discover the melody and lyric writing techniques of today’s top songwriters and learn how you can use the very same secrets to give your songs the power and edge that will make listeners want to hear them over and over again. You’ll learn…
~ 38 proven strategies for creating powerful, unforgettable lyrics
~ 30 simple ways to make your melody fresh, exciting, and memorable
~ How to use hit songs as “ghost s
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The BEST book on songwriting!,
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Books like this are all about pleasing the accountants and lawyers who pay off radio conglomerates to play whatever they’re peddling this minute, and not pleasing the real audience who hungers for quality music of the kind they’re not getting from the rusty dinosaurs who run the traditional music business. You have other options now. If you write great songs and you can get them in front of audiences, no matter how small you start out, you can make a living in music without ever getting on the radio. Thousands of people are doing it. Only a few are doing it the old-fashioned, traditional way that’s being described in this book and other books like it. And if country or pre-adolescent pop isn’t your genre, your chances of being a “hit” songwriter with a sustainable career in the traditional music business is worse than your chance of being hit by lightning.
I’m not here to rain on anyone’s dream. Just the opposite. I’m telling you there are actually more ways to make a living writing music now than there were when the corporate gatekeepers held all the cards. If you’re reading this book to “get rich” in songwriting, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Concentrate on writing great songs, not “hit” songs. Do something you can be proud of AND that pays the bills, not spinning your wheels and shortening your career by rewriting the latest Ke$ha song that will be irrelevant 5 minutes from now. Above all, write for people who love music and want to hear great songs and get those songs out to any audience you can find. If your songs are truly special, that audience will grow and find you. That’s the way all of the greats have done it, and still do, not by pandering to the lowest common denominator on the radio.
Read this book for the tips and the exercises, and keep in mind that you can succeed in the new reality, but not by chasing “hits” in a world that doesn’t exist anymore.
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