Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing

Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing

Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing

Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing

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Overview

Have you ever been frustrated when people don't get what you're trying to say in your song? Are you tired of waiting on inspiration to complete your songs? Are you not getting the response you hoped for from your songs? Is the songwriting process painful at times? Song Building will help you: • Write songs faster • Avoid getting stuck on second verses • Generate song ideas and lyrics without waiting for inspiration to strike • Make your co-writing sessions go faster and easier • Upgrade your song lyrics to make them communicate better to your listenerMarty Dodson, a Nashville-based songwriter, has written six #1 songs in Country, Rock, Pop, Bluegrass, Americana, Christian, K-Pop and J-Pop genres. His songs have been recorded by artist including Joe Cocker, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, The Plain White T's, Don Williams, Johnny Reid, Diamond Rio, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Billy Ray Cyrus, John Michael Montgomery, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricochet, Craig Morgan, Tracy Lawrence, Saving Jane, Big and Rich, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Songs From The Road Band, and most recently, Blake Shelton. Over his 25-year career, he has written more than 7500 songs. His greatest musical accomplishment to date is knocking Psy out of #1 in South Korea with his song "Bounce" which went on to become the Asian and Korean Song of The Year. Bill O'Hanlon is the author of over thirty books, one of which, Do One Thing Different, was featured on Oprah. He lives part time in Nashville and is an aspiring songwriter.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781543977905
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 09/16/2019
Series: SongTown Songwriting Series , #1
Pages: 118
Sales rank: 282,547
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Marty Dodson has written six #1 songs and have had more than 125 songs recorded by other artists, including Joe Cocker, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, The Plain White T's, Don Williams, Johnny Reid, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diamond Rio, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, John Michael Montgomery, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricochet, Craig Morgan, Tracy Lawrence, Saving Jane, Big and Rich, Steep Canyon Rangers, Songs From The Road Band, and most recently, Blake Shelton. He has written songs in several musical genres including Pop, Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Musical Theatre.Bill O'Hanlon has written or co-written 38 books (one of which, Do One Thing Different, resulted in him being featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show).

Table of Contents

Introduction To This Book and To Song Building ix

Chapter 1 Song Structure and Blueprinting 1

Chapter 2 Ideas and Hooks 19

Chapter 3 Song Framing: Finding Unique Angles On Your Ideas/Hooks 31

Chapter 4 Song Furniture: Elevating Your Song Lyrics with Details, Texture and Spice 41

Chapter 5 Digging Deeper Into Song Blueprinting Methods 57

Chapter 6 Writing To The Title 65

Chapter 7 Finishing Touches: Lyric Editing 73

Chapter 8 Using Song Blueprinting in Co-Writing Sessions 89

Chapter 9 The Foundation: Your Best Songs Start In Your Heart 95

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