Beating songwriter's block

jump-start your words and music

192 pages

English language

Published 2014 by Backbeat Books.

ISBN:
978-1-61713-102-8
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OCLC Number:
1001888945

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4 stars (1 review)

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An excellent method for disarming your own traps

4 stars

I feel like so many books about tips for songwriting and making music in general fail to be encouraging and really just at their core feel like disingenuous pep talks or lessons on music theory that do nothing to motivate you to actually make music that you want to make. I think that this book really understands the pitfalls of that perspective. The core of the strategy the book lays out (in my opinion) is that you get past songwriter’s block by writing songs. Which seems like it could be real patronizing… However, the book puts in the effort to give you a framework for how to pull it off, with care and understanding, and wonderfully so.

Later parts of the book, which largely concern music theory concepts, are of limited use. Especially for me, a person heavily influenced by dance music, the advice particularly around chord progressions and musical …

Subjects

  • Popular music
  • Writing and publishing