How to Be a Hit Songwriter: Polishing and Marketing Your Lyrics and Music [Paperback]

Molly-Ann Leikin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2003

You've written what you think is a great melody, what you hope is a strong lyric, and you've cut what sounds to you like a killer track. But how do you know if it's a hit? And what do you do with it if it is? Your only option is How to Be a Hit Songwriter, essential reading for advanced songwriters. Molly-Ann Leikin is the award-winning songwriter/songwriting consultant who helps good songwriters all over the world become hit songwriters. Whether your work just needs a little rewriting, polishing or some strong connections, Leikin will guide you step by step to the top of the charts. In How to Be a Hit Songwriter she offers expert advice and exercises, including "Seven Easy Steps to Writing Hit Lyrics." The book features inside information that can turn your song into a potential hit. What's more, she's interviewed music industry power players who share tips that are essential to all developing artists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard; 3 Sub edition (June 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 063405001X
• ISBN-13: 978-0634050015
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #925,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on songwriting I ever read, July 2, 2003

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This review is from: How to Be a Hit Songwriter: Polishing and Marketing Your Lyrics and Music (Paperback)

Most songwriting books recycle what other people have already said, but How To Be A Hit Songwriter is original. really lit a fire under me. It's powerful, nurturing, funny straight talk and makes the whole process of writing songs seem so simple. After reading it - twice - I feel I can really DO this now. Can't wait to tell my boss what he can do with his job...

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book beats all the other "experts" put together.....!, July 3, 2003

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J.D. Little (Tucson, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Be a Hit Songwriter: Polishing and Marketing Your Lyrics and Music (Paperback)

We sent our songs to all the cheap "consultants" in the world for direction with our music career. But this book has been more helpful than all of the "experts" put together. 'Bought four copies - one for each member of my band.

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and enlightening, July 5, 2011

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Brian K. Miller "Greyhawk" (Wooster, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Be a Hit Songwriter: Polishing and Marketing Your Lyrics and Music (Kindle Edition)

Molly-Ann Leiken presents an insider's look at the challenging and rapidly changing role of a professional songwriter. When someone with a house full of gold and platinum records sits down and says, "This is how I did it!" the rest of us are blessed to listen and learn.