My Favorite Songwriting Books. (Best Song Writing Books).

If you're serious about the craft of songwriting, you may be interested in these songwriting books ( song writing books ). Some of my favorite songwriting books ( song writing books ) are listed here. Feel free to take a peak.

The Songwriters Idea Book - by Sheila Davis I highly recommend this book. If you're looking for concrete ideas and you want to write songs with commercial lyrics, this is the book for you.


Writing Better Lyrics - by Pat Patterson This book does exactly what it's name suggests... i.e. help you write better lyrics. It has so many exercises and ways to generate lyric ideas. Awesome!

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The Craft and Business of Songwriting -by John Braheny So many examples, from world class songwriters such as Paul McCartney, Lenny Kravitz and TLC, among others. Wow! You can read the various reviews and see whether it is right for you.

Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs (Berklee Guide) -by Jack Perricone Remember when we talked about examining hit songs and learning from them? This book really made me appreciate the value of this idea.

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Songwriters on Songwriting -by Paul Zollo. I have learnt a lot from this book. Popular songwriters (songwriting giants) including Carole King, Paul Simon, Frank Zappa, Randy Newman, and Madonna discuss their songwriting methods and the way their classics came to be.

The Craft of Lyric Writing -by Sheila Davis. This is a good book with a strong focus on the lyrical side of songwriting. What I like about it is that apart from being educational, it is quite entertaining.

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Songwriting for Dummies (r) -by Jim Peterik et al Learn from performer, songwriter, Jim Peterik, a 35-year veteran in the business and author of dozens of top-40 hits. This is one of my favorite, easy to understand songwriting books ( song writing books ). Not that I'm a dummy. Ha ha!

6 Steps To Songwriting Success: Comprehensive Guide To Writing And Marketing Hit Songs -by Jason Blume. Written in plain English, by a guy who has had songs recorded by The Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, among others.

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Composing Music: A New Approach by William Russo et al. This book is by far, one of the best books I've come across to deal with music composition. If you already have a background in the basics of music theory, you will find it very useful.

All About Chords: A Comprehensive Approach to understanding contemporary chordal structures and progressions through solid drills in suggested study by Elvo S. D'Amante. In my view this book is a complete education on chords and music theory. From chord structure, to chord progressions. Everything! I call it my music Bible.

There are obviously many more good books on songwriting in addition to what I've mentioned here.

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