Write songs like Mad: Neyo, Umbrella: Rihanna, Dillemma: Nelly, If this isn't love: Jennifer Hudson,If I were a boy: Beyonce. In this workbook you will learn how these songs were created so you will be able to do the same.
The intended readers are those who want to write songs with out the need to learn to read music. This workbook teaches how to write hit songs in 3 easy-to-follow steps. After reading how the above hit songs were created, the exercises in this workbook will help you write songs like them, there are many valuable charts you will use to write songs in different keys quickly.
There is a songwriting DVD which compliments this songwriting workbook. It is sold separately. If after reading this book and doing the exercises you still don’t understand the concept please don’t worry! Get the DVD some persons learn better when they see videos rather than reading. Read, try the book first get the DVD later if you need further help! The songwriting DVD will make the songwriting process crystal clear for you. The songwriting DVD was created for those who would like to have additional songwriting help by seeing how the songs were put together with the help of the songwriting diagrams. Learn to write R & B, Pop Songs, Country or any other popular style of music.
The three-songwriting steps are:
Step 1: You will read how, Mad: Neyo, Umbrella: Rihanna, Dillemma: Nelly, If this isn't love: Jennifer Hudson,If I were a boy: Beyonce were created. Reading how they were created will show you the way with the help of songwriting charts how to write songs like them. To see this in action the songwriting DVD is recommended.
Step 2: Based on the concepts of step 1, you will practice developing your songs that sounds and feels like those hit songs. So you will have the chord progressions and song structure that closely resembles them but with of your personal musical taste and your own melodies.
Step 3: After practicing step 2, you are ready to start writing your own songs. Remember practice makes prefect. The more you practice the steps 1 to 3 you will become a better songwriter and complete your songs faster and yet sounding professionally. You will end up writing songs just like those Mega hits songs. The only missing thing is of course you will need to look for a singer with a great voice to interpret your songs or you can sing them yourself if you are a singer.
Additionally you will learn the following topics, these topics are equally important if you want to be a professional songwriter:
- Goal Setting for songwriters: Learn the importance of goal setting in Songwriting - Chord Progressions creation: see how HIT songs were created and learn how to create chord progressions the easy way. There are lots of exercises to help you. - Melody creation techniques: learn how to create melodies to place on the chord progression you created. - Learn how to overcome songwriters block: all songwriters experience this problem.
- Song structures: learn how to structure your songs.
This Songwriting workbook was prepared for beginning and intermediate levels songwriters.
Music concepts are simplified for the budding songwriter; there is no need to know how to read music. Put over 35 years of music experience and songwriting knowledge to work for you, produced by Octo School of Music.
