If you’ve ever tried writing your own songs, then there are probably critical mistakes that you are making, without even knowing it!
You see, songwriting is a craft, and while some people begin with better natural talent than others, it’ll only get you so far. But you’ll maximize your chances of success by mastering the set of core songwriting skills that I’m going to teach you.
A song is a catalyst for all sorts of emotions: love, rage, regret, grief, happiness, contentment, nostalgia. Songs encompass the entirety of life’s experiences – the joy of personal love, heartbreak at losing it, social outrage, loneliness, patriotism, comradeship, happiness, despair.
A good song not only expresses the thoughts and opinions of the songwriter about the subject matter of the song, but also evokes the full spectrum of associated emotions in the listener.
Listening to music is a visceral and intensely emotional experience for us all. A song epitomizes the most intense experiences that life has to offer us in just a few minutes of listening time. It both simplifies and intensifies the experience for the listener.
Songwriting is an intensely creative process. Some people wrongly associate creativity with sloppiness – they think that there’s a certain mystical, indefinable, almost magical aspect to the creative process; that to confine the muse within the limits of organization would be to kill her off.
This is nonsense! Just because songwriting is creative is not to say that there’s no structure or discipline to it. In fact, songwriting is an exercise in orderliness, preparation, skill, and knowledge.
Although you can technically just sit down and write a song with no knowledge of the process and no real forethought , 95% of the time the end result will be nothing but gibberish. It might be musical gibberish, but gibberish nonetheless.
It’s a rare gift to conjure up people’s deepest, most profound emotions – to be able to make people sing, dance, cry, and smile in pleasure – and yet this is the power of a song.
If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a song, but stopped because you’ve never written a song in your life before, and can’t shake the feeling that it just might be something you’d be good at – then this book is for you.
If you’ve ever tried your hand at songwriting before, and nothing’s turned out the way you hoped – then this book is for you.
If you’ve ever written songs that you’re happy with, but can’t expand your creative horizons – then this book is for you.
If you’re ever found yourself stuck in the arid desert of writer’s block, then this book is for you. If you’re a prolific songwriter with racks of demo tapes and a thirst for marketing knowledge, then this book is for you, too!
I’ve written this book to cater for all levels of experience: for people who know absolutely nothing about songwriting, but also for those who want more details about the craft and the industry too.
This book is not aiming to teach you everything there is to know about songwriting, because that would be impossible. A great deal of what makes somebody good at this business is experience: you can read everything in the world about the technicalities of how to write a good song, but you won’t really understand it until you get out there and do it for yourself.
I’ve written this book with the intention of giving you a boost into the world of songwriting through instructing you in the major aspects of the industry. So I’ve tried to include real meat-and-potatoes stuff (like how to actually write the songs, and where to get inspiration from) as well as the more technical, insider’s tips like how to market yourself successfully, where to turn for more information, and who you need to know in the music industry.
When I decided to write a book on songwriting, it was purely because I’m sick of all the encyclopedia-style textbooks on the subject. Personally speaking, I don’t think it really gels with the industry or with what you’re trying to do. I think that songwriting is more about having fun than memorizing detailed instructions and following them to the letter – and it’s definitely not about wading through weighty tomes of cross-referenced, super-detailed information.
Like any new skill, songwriting takes practice. I’m not saying that polishing yourself up to professional standards isn’t going to take some effort. And without trying to put you off or anything, I’ve gotta say that it’ll maybe take a bit more practice than you realize right now.
Don’t read too much into this – I don’t want to scare you off. I’m just trying to remind you to keep your expectations reasonable.
Although it’s not totally outside the bounds of reality to expect to be able to read a few sections of this book and then get signed by a major label off your first song, just bear in mind that anything worth having (like a successful career in songwriting) generally takes some work.
It would probably be more realistic to look at this way: that, if this is something you’re serious about being successful at, it’s going to take some hard work and – above all – some persistence before you start seeing the kind of results that will satisfy you on a personal level, get your career in songwriting moving right along, and bring in some serious cash.
All of these things are totally achievable and if you want to be a songwriter, then you’re at the right place.
Here’s what “Songwriting Success – The Ultimate Guide To Writing And Selling Your Songs” has inside:
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