Six Steps to Songwriting Success, Revised Edition: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
What’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the Country, Pop, and R&B charts simultaneously, has packed this book with such key aids as the three-step lyric writing technique used by the pros; lyric, melody, and de
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A good comprehensive book to read if interested in songwriting,
The plus to the book are that it’s got lots of great insights into the music business and is very matter of fact and brutally honest about the music industry and how it works and that helps in dispelling any rosy myths one might have when thinking of getting into it. That pushes you to realistically assess your talents and work harder to step up your game or decide if this career is one you really want to get into.
My advice though is that this one book will not be enough if you really want to learn everything you need to know about songwriting, especially the musical aspects of composing and writing great lyrics.
Some other books I found very very helpful as a companion to this were:
Shortcuts to Hit songwriting – Robin Frederick
The Craft and Business of Songwriting – John Braheny
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|A broad introduction, but better lyric writing books exist,
I like the quotes from professionals (writers and industry people) on all the subjects he covers, everything from the writing process, the business, melodies, hooks. The examples of lyric writing are mostly contemporary as of the early 2000s (unlike a few other books I have read) which is nice.
However, I think there are better books about lyric writing and song structure, namely: Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling and Writing Better Lyrics, which is why I’m giving this 4 stars.
Finally, my advice to someone wants to write songs is that it’s fine to pick up a book or two to learn the basics. But ultimately, I believe that to write good songs, you should
1) Put away the books
2) Listen to songs that you love and analyze why you like them
3) Actually write songs. It doesn’t matter how good they are, it only matters that you keep finishing complete songs. That’s the only way to actually get better.
I say this as someone who’s read a lot of songwriting books and not written as much as I should have. Good luck!
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