Songwriting Strategies: A 360-Degree Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780876391518)

(Berklee Guide). 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 examples will help you hone your craft. This creatively liberating approach supports the overall integrity of emotion and meaning in your songs. It will help you become more productive, versatile, and innovative in your songwriting. You will learn to: * Discover more ideas for songs song seeds and capture them in their most powerful and usable form * Overcome writer's block by having many more pathways through the writing process * Develop strong song structures by working independently with melody, lyrics, harmony, and rhythm * Write songs more easily, guided by your well-tuned "songwriter's compass"

Author: Mark Simos
ISBN-10: 087639151X
ISBN-13: 9780876391518
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 11.92h x 8.99w x 0.54d