Songlab: A Songwriting Playbook for Teens

Yes, this book is designed entirely to share those secrets that will inspire you to write that great song that you know you can! And once the creativity really starts flowing, we'll create great habits and write even more, each and every day. Get down to writing the music and the lyrics you know that you can because writer's block is a fantasy.

You just need inspiration.

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With insight, enthusiasm, and humor, Alex guides listeners through the process of brainstorming for ideas, crafting effective lyrics, and putting those lyrics to music. Many people aspire to be great songwriters, but they don't know where to begin or how to get the ball rolling. They dabble in it here and there, but they don't ever fully express themselves as they should, and music becomes a frustration. In this book, I am going to help you take your skills to the next level. You have your foot in the door, you've started your skill, and you have the basics, but I'm going to take you to the next step.

I'm going to launch you from beginner to intermediate, and show you how to truly write a song. Vocal Basics and Fundamental Singing Skills for All Styles and Abilities contains detailed vocal instruction, working on the fundamentals needed by every singer for accurate pitch, stamina, quality of tone, and life-long vocal health.

Aimed at teaching fundamentals, and based on centuries of knowledge, it also contains perspectives from new scientific discoveries regarding the voice to which previous generations of teachers and singers did not have access. Think about your career as a writer How would you want to put out great songs out there, without having to hire a writer and still remain satisfied with the results? How would you help them recognize bad decisions so they could prevent the same choices in the future? What would you do if your songs didn't have this unique touch? This book can provide you with the tools to change all of that and give you a positive outlook on writing good songs in a short delay.

Sound advice from the author and other songwriters on what it takes to write more marketable, successful songs! This unique manual gives tips related to chords and chord progressions for all styles of songs: Marc Platt has been a Los Angeles-based songwriter for more than 30 years, having songs placed on TV and film. He has also had several CD and vinyl releases in his career. If you really want to easily gain knowledge, this is the audiobook for you. Created exclusively with and for teen musicians, this hands-on, step-by-step program uses insight, enthusiasm, and humor to teach teens how to brainstorm ideas, craft effective lyrics, and put those lyrics to music.

An award-winning and Billboard-charting songwriter and teacher, Alex Forbes has taught dozens of teens via her Manhattan workshops and coaching sessions how to turn their thoughts and feelings into incisive, evocative songs. Chapter by chapter, Alex goes through the basic elements of the craft, including song form and dynamics, lyrics and melodies, chord construction, and killer hooks.

When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? So when the narrator keeps referring to the PDF exercises and sheets, the listener has to imagine it all. That makes the whole difference; from being a potential instructional and inspirational audiobook with clear and concise call-to-actions it becomes a couple of hours of mere entertainment.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Songlab? There are very good moments of motivation and brainstorming ideas, and good analytics tools as well. The narrator is very engaged in the performance. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Songlab? The last part about the music business and how to make money on songwriting is a bit to superficial and becomes obsolete; the mission of the book is more to get the audience to crank up their creative songwriting.

When first the songs get rolling, the businiss part is its own project. It remains a mystery to me - in this age of digital distribution - that a content provider is not able to provide essential - digital - content a PDF being of great importance to the audiobook Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? I know numerous songwriters and people who aspire to be. The book has some brilliant suggestions on how to get ideas down on paper, developing them, and even advice on how to tackle the inner voice of discouragement that can plague songwriters who are over critical of their work.

For me it had to be the suggestions on getting songs ideas down.

I'm a professional songwriter but have hit a wall of writer's block that I really needed to get over. I tried the techniques in this book, which are different to my normal methods, and things started to flow again. How does this one compare? Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Nothing really emotional about it other than getting excited about trying out some of the ideas and techniques. Songwriting is a passion. Great for beginners and professionals looking for some new ideas or just getting back to basics.

Well written and very well presented. Not too long or complicated. A great springboard into the world of songwriting: Extent 3 audio discs 3 hr. Library Locations Map Details. Highland Park Public Library Borrow it. About Calendar Technology Library News. Carousel Grid List Card. Copy to clipboard Close. Cite Data - Experimental.

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