Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780965478939)

With Song Starters, you'll spend more time creating and less time struggling to come up with ideas. Discover an endless supply of exciting, creative concepts that will launch song after song. Use the Starters to spark a brainstorm or set a series of notes in motion, get your feet dancing or fill your head with music. Listen to hit song examples as you work. All of the Starters are based on time-tested concepts used by hit songwriters, but you make them your own.

365 ways to fuel your songwriting creativity:

- 183 lyric situations, characters, emotions, and title ideas

- 45 ways to easily create music tracks to write to

- 42 melody patterns, phrase ideas, and note rhythms

- 17 contemporary chord progressions

- 22 ways to rewrite a song using Song Starters

...plus a grab bag of 56 assorted whimsical, stimulating, inspiring launch pads for lyrics, melodies, and chords that will let you free your muse and write from your heart. With Song Starters, you'll never have to face another blank page.