January 30, 2009
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January 2009 Yes, Songwriting Software Express is back! From www.SongwritingSoftware.com To help your songwriting with a focus on the benefits of innovative software, tools, resources and programs for your songwriting craft and career.
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And the basics have never been more popular. In this age of weird and outlandish financial instruments and wild speculation having brought huge economic chaos - the basics of everything are once again showing their strength. So as "old" as many of the "basics" may seem they're of course totally new to the beginner and even for the alumnus there are new twists on many of the "old" pillars that may enlighten even the most skilled just a bit more. I'll be starting in again on completing my album project
and I wish you the best with completing your next song or songs as well
- better than ever. So read on to start anew - or anew once again. |
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Now Appearing... The Foundations...As in the better foundation you lay - the stronger the house above will be. Like a canvas provides a foundation on which to build a painting - songs too are hung upon a basic framework - and the better you understand and apply the construction of your song to a basic song foundation the stronger your song will be. Your song may still be ugly and sound terrible but it will no less be strong in its elements providing the best chance for a great song to shine. So to the point - let's look at various ways you can learn, relearn or even burnish your grasp of the basics of songwriting. A Peek In The Library At The Old Basics - Books There are many titles available and in this economic time of challenge you may well find many of them for free - at your local library. For starters check out Pete and Pat Luboff's new 101 Songwriting Wrongs And How To Write Them formerly their best-selling 88 Songwriter Wrongs And How To Write Them. It's been updated and includes added information on new developments in music business and technology. And also check out another newly updated and highly regarded text - John Braheny's The Craft And Business Of Songwriting. And to get very detailed treatments on lyric writing consider the works of esteemed masters in this area - Sheila Davis and Pat Pattison. For a deeper look at the musical side of hit songwriting check out Jai Josefs and his book Writing Music For Hit Songs. Jai's text is the definitive text on the musical side of pop songwriting and is used as a principal text in many music schools for pop songwriting. If you play guitar - also consider How to Write Songs on Guitar (1st edition), by Rikky Rooksby. And newly released for keyboard players is Rikky Rooksby's How To Write Songs on Keyboard. The most extensive collection of songwriting and music related books are likely to be found at MusicBooksPlus.com. Need more interaction than a book provides check out local and even online courses... Songwriting Schools and Courses Probably the most recognized and prestigious music school that offers a songwriting track would be Boston's Berklee College of Music where you can attend directly or online with the same esteemed faculty. SongU.com, run by some successful Nashville songwriters, is an example of one of the newer online music schools that have developed in large part because of the internet. Other listings, including international, can be found on the links page of CraftOfSongwriting.com. Also consider your own local adult schools and colleges for courses - as often at least in metropolitan areas there are songwriters who put on courses in various aspects of writing and promoting songs. Typically for colleges these would be extension courses that are not necessarily for college credit. You can find even more with online searches of "songwriting courses" and "songwriting critique services". And Or Go Beyond The Academic If you're looking for something more in the creative realm of learning you may find The Songwriting Genius Within You to be more your cup of tea. This program recognizes that within all of us is a unique voice of expression and connection with the world that if uninhibited can shine through in beautiful moving songs. It also recognizes that there is an ongoing need to develop craft as well - like in learning about song structuring and honing your ability with your instrument. But in the big picture the program puts forth ideas that allow the harnessing of your creativity with certain techniques and other thought processes derived from many masters over hundreds of years. Lessons are drawn from from recent to even long ago musical geniuses like Mozart to even those outside of the music world to bring in the creative processing gems of great thinkers like Einstein and Socrates. In this program the author takes you through concrete exercises that are designed to unleash the non judgmental, non analytical creative part of your brain - and soul if you will - to write your most moving and inspiring music.. |
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