Welcome to better songwriting! This light, easy to read, simple to understand book will help you focus your songwriting and write better songs by explaining in plain, conversational English what music business professionals are listening for in evaluating songs for pitching, publishing, and recording.
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Dear Passengers, You know that feeling you get in the deepest recess of your gut when you discover something GREAT and you want to share it with all of your friends? Well, Ive got that feeling right now, and it's about a book on songwriting that you HAVE TO read - HAVE TO!! I don t make a penny on this, so you conspiracy theorists don't need to wonder what my motivation is for being so enthusiastic ;-) The book is called, Michael Anderson's Little Black Book of Songwriting, and it's 86 pages of pure gold. Anderson wrote one of the most evergreen Country hits of all time, Maybe It Was Memphis, recorded by Pam Tillis, so he knows what he s talking about. This book is such an easy read, and has so many INCREDIBLE tips in it, that it can help beginners as well as professionals. You're going to love it. Hang on and get ready to become GREAT! - Michael Laskow - CEO - TAXI --TAXI Meter (newsletter) Oct. 2006
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Michael Anderson is a songwriter / artist / producer / and author who has written songs for John Fogerty, Juice Newton, Pam Tillis, Phil Seymour, Rebecca St. James, and many others in rock, pop, country, and CCM. He has been a staff writer for EMI and BMG Publishing in Nashville, as well as MCA /Universal and Criterion Music in Los Angeles. Best known for writing Maybe It Was Memphis - #1 country single, recently placing #58 on the all time country love song playlist for CMT. As a solo artist he has released six albums, two on A&M Records, two on EMI / Forefront, and two independent releases. He has written many #1 CCM singles, and won a Dove Award for Hard Rock Song of the Year from the Gospel Music Association. He is also an author, having written screenplays and books, including Shiloh: A Confederate Love Story , The Devil: A Postmodern Look at Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the film noir influenced Tin Angel. He is a music business career and song consultant with the independent A&R company Taxi (taxi.com) and instructor at The Musician's Institute in Hollywood.
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Little Black Book of Disappointment,
By Gator Boy (Bayou Lafourge) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Michael Anderson's Little Black Book of Songwriting (Paperback)
Michael Anderson's book is quite simply, a dupe. Everything he says can be put into a couple of 3x5 cards. Don't waste your time. He merely goes through an outline of the definitions of song parts and has absolutely no advice on how to write songs or any kinds of pointers for improving your lyrical or melodic abilities. You won't be a better song writer after this book. In fact, some of the things he says are completely opposite from what I've seen in the real world with good and/or hit songs. Don't waste your time.
So he wrote one hit song that was a country hit. Big deal. Here is the fact about country music: Wordsmiths generally don't live here. Want to hear some masterful songwriting? Try Mark Knopfler, Ian Anderson, Gordon Lightfoot or Bob Dylan just to name a few. Some of their best songs were not hits either. After reading this book, I have the advice you need. Pick your favourite writers and emulate them. Over time, you'll start to develop your own thing. Play for others, write plenty. It's hard work and not always successful on every try. Keep trying and listen critically.
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Little Black Book of Songwriting,
This review is from: Michael Anderson's Little Black Book of Songwriting (Paperback)
A very straightforward to the point type of reading. This book has become one of my favorite reference books. Michael is my kind of author full of common sence and humor. You will not put this one down once you start reading it. Thanks Michael for a great read and valuable imformation. Bill Wren
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A name or descriptive heading that identifies a composition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monkey nerve, song structure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Steve Allen, Little Richard, Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Uncle Fred New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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