• Songwriting: Lyric and Melody Writing for Beginners

  • How to Become a Songwriter in 24 Hours or Less!
  • By: Alexander Wright
  • Narrated by: Amy MacMath
  • Length: 44 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (41 ratings)

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Songwriting: Lyric and Melody Writing for Beginners

By: Alexander Wright
Narrated by: Amy MacMath
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Have you ever wanted to write a song?

  • For a band or concert?
  • For a significant other?
  • To express your sentiment?
  • To memorialize an event?
  • Just to add a tune to some published literature?

Is your dream to write a beautiful song full of emotions? Is it your goal to create a fast-paced, energizing track? Then you're going to want to listen to this book. With the help of this book, you can turn your dreams into reality. Many people just think songwriting is too complicated and never even attempt to achieve their goals. A song can be used to convey much deeper emotions than just words alone. Where words may fail, a song can touch someone's heart. With every known culture in history utilizing some form of music, it's become one of the most important aspects of many people's daily lives. Music can be used to pass down a tradition, to create excitement, or to bring a major issue to society's attention. If you want to write and perform a song for any reason whatsoever but just can't seem to get started, then this book is most definitely for you.

This book will teach you...

  • What music means
  • How to write meaningful lyrics
  • The process of making catchy melodies
  • Writing effective hooks
  • Basic songwriting knowledge
  • What makes a song a hit
  • How to put meaning behind your lyrics
  • Effective song structure
  • How to record your song
  • What the publication process of a song is like

Songwriting is a skill that requires a lot of knowledge in several different areas. This book will inform you on the most important parts of each subject. With the help of this book, you'll be writing meaningful songs in 24 hours or less!

©2015 Alexander Wright (P)2015 Alexander Wright

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A good synopsis of a detailed process.

It gave me a good start. It also provides a lot of paths for me to follow to increase my success. I always used to just write some lyrics but then the process just sort of dropped right there, now I know where to go next to finish a song. Good recommendations given for recording software.

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Loved it!

Amazingly short, precise, and to the point. If you're looking for improvement in your song writing skills, their's definitely something you can take with you, from this book.

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Great information

I loved the book, it was very helpful. I'll definitely recommend it to up and coming songwriters.

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Meh....

There isn't too much information in this book. There are a couple of interesting tid bits though.

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A book about how to get started

I like this book as a short, concise overview of the things that one needs to do; research etc.- to get started writing songs. There is one theory mistake - the bass clef mnemonic she used ( every good boy deserves fudge ) should be for the trouble clef.

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Nothing of value here

Beginners? This is a book for someone who has never heard music before. Everything that was said was like ‘yeah, duh’. There was nothing insightful about this book, or helpful in any way. Worthless purchase.

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A WAY TO GET BETTER

THIS IS HOW TO GET BETTER, and GET AN UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT YOU NEED DONE

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worksheet layout

It was okay, and sparks a few ideas, but a few times throughout, the speaker sounded like they were trying not to yawn.
Each chapter ending is a good time to pause to reflectb rather tha ideally listening straight through, at least thats hos it felt to me.

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Nothing but trite generalities

This book is a kindergarten look at songwriting that has no analysis...it really just tells you to listen to music and teach yourself.

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weak

I guess you get what you pay for. nothing new or interesting in this book. not worth the time

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