Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting Level Three: 61 Advanced Skills for Writing Songs That Sell

by Robin Frederick

Here are the ultimate pro songwriting secrets that will ensure your song is ready to compete in today's music industry. These advanced songwriting techniques are the same ones used by professional Rock, Pop, Country, Dance, and R&B songwriters to create their chart-topping hits. You'll learn… ~ What "trigger words" are and how they instantly engage listeners ~ How note rhythm can turn a ho-hum tune into a mega-hit melody ~ How to use hit songs as "ghost songs" to practice today's hottest skills ~ Four ways to express emotion so listeners will really feel it …and much, much more. Plus you'll learn the number one skill that 99% of music publishers topline songwriting. Level Three of the revised and updated edition of the best-seller Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting brings you cutting edge songwriting techniques straight from the top of the music charts. You'll find dozens of ideas for adding a competitive, current edge to your songs. Music industry veterans immediately recognize a songwriter who is skilled and up-to-date. That should be you! Study the hits. Learn from success. Know what the pros know. "For people serious about writing great songs, it's got it all!" ~ Kara DioGuardi, BMI "Songwriter of the Year," American Idol judge "Should be in every songwriter's arsenal." ~Jason Blume, author, hit songwriter with more than 50 million album sales "An excellent road map for writers at all levels. This is the songwriter's GPS!" ~Ralph Murphy, V.P. ASCAP, Nashville

326 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2019

Reviews

[Ron Toleos · Rating 2 out of 5]

No pictures

Just words. I appreciate diagrams, cartoons, etc. to enable my Brain to be stimulated. Most song examples I didn’t know. Some things like ghost songs, are tricks, that were helpful...