Six Steps to Songwriting Success, Revised Edition: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit SongsWhat’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the Country, Pop, and R&B charts simultaneously, has packed this book with such key aids as the three-step lyric writing technique used by the pros; lyric, melody, and demo checklists; and tools for self-evaluation–plus many other exercises that work. Blume’s warm, humorous style features motivational anecdotes and entertaining stories of how hit songs came to be written and recorded. Get Six Steps to Songwriting Success, and get on the charts! |
Contents
| 2 | |
cHAPTER | 12 |
Buildingá SuſeºfulSong | 13 |
Variations | 19 |
Writing Effectivelyrics | 25 |
Usinga Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus | 41 |
cHAPTER 3 | 42 |
Using Assonance and Alliteration | 66 |
STEP4 Producing Successful Demos | 131 |
chapter 9 | 144 |
cHApter 10 | 160 |
Taking Care of Business | 169 |
UnderstandingWhat Music Publishing Really Means | 183 |
cHApter 14 | 202 |
Developing Persistence and Realistic Expectations | 237 |
CHAPTER 16 | 243 |
cHAPTER 4 | 79 |
Wing GabáletSongs | 94 |
cHAPTER 5 | 100 |
cHAPTER 6 | 109 |
SIFP6 Condušion | 254 |
AppendiX | 260 |
Song Permissions | 271 |
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