The elements of song craft : the contemporary songwriter's usage guide to writing songs that last / Billy Seidman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seidman, Billy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyric writing (Popular music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 254 pages)

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2020]

Summary:

"An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC... an all-in-one definitive manifesto for contemporary songwriters in every genre to organize, understand, and practice the rules, principles, definitions, forms, and song craft needed to create good songs, songs of undeniable creative power and beauty, and songs that last."--From back cover.

Contents:

Part One: The Elements of Song Craft

Lyric Development: You're a Songwriter, So What Business Are You In?

Making Distinctions: Songs under Construction

Balancing Acts: Creative Clarity/Editorial Tools: Using Lyrical Grammar

Making Distinctions: Identifying Song Categories

Opportunity, Perspective, Momentum, and Contrast

Four Chords and the Loop: Production, Programming/Sound, Arranging and Collaboration in Contemporary Songwriting

Melodic Studies

Points of View: Writing With or from the Point of View of Objects, Values, Time, Products, and Animals

Inspiration: "Average is Your Enemy"

Rewriting Strategies

Protocol for Songwriters Working with Musicians

Bring it All Back Home

Part Two: Condensed Reference Guide

Song Concept Development

The Usage Rule Guide

Additional Song Concept Critiquing Tools and the Elements Vocabulary List.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4930-5078-8