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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Write songs that sell! Hit-songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe shares time-tested tools of commercial songwriting. Her ten-step process will help you to craft lyrics that communicate heart to heart with your audience. She analyzes hit lyrics from artists such as Faith Hill and John Mayer, and reveals why they are successful and how you can make your own songs successful too. Stolpe advises on how to: streamline and accelerate your writing process; use lyric structures and techniques at the heart of countless hit songs; write even when you're not inspired; more! | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Andrea Stolpe | | Paperback: | 160 pages | | Publisher: | Berklee Press | | Publication Date: | August 01, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0876390874 | | Product Length: | 9.0 inches | | Product Width: | 6.26 inches | | Product Height: | 0.43 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.58 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.8 inches | | Package Width: | 5.9 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 8 reviews |
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15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Great book on "how-to" Mar 14, 2008
By Daytonville
"Johnny Mack"
This is a wonderful book. Mrs. Stolpe goes in-depth on her step-by-step process of crafting lyrics. This is by far the best part about this book. It is a system of working that I really enjoyed and am thankful that Mrs. Stolpe has shared. My only critique is that the book only really covers verse/chorus songs. I'd like to see how her process for other types of songs. Although, this is a minor criticism because the book is clearly about writing pop songs and most of them are definitely verse/chorus songs. Again, thank you for giving me a good system to use!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Unexpectedly Helpful Apr 27, 2010
By A. Balmat
"musician"
I bought this book somewhat on a whim. The bookstore didn't have the title I was looking for (a Pat Pattison title) but this one looked mildly interesting, so I took a chance.
As it turns out, this author was a student of the author I was seeking, so that was a nice surprise that it was related to the book I was seeking in the first place. As I read further I found this book to be much more helpful and interesting than I'd suspected initially.
She has a very interesting take on the songwriting process. I don't know if her method is original, but it was new to me. It's somewhat backwards or technical in how it breaks down the process. Beginning from prose drafts, the methods of extracting rhymes & patterns from that initial prose was something I'd never thought of. Her notes on internal & external detail were also new to me.
These songwriting books often seem to encourage cheesy top 10 style songs, but the techniques can be applied (and ignored if necessary) in all genres. It is like playing a weird scale--you might not use it but it exercises the muscles & increases fliexibility, at least. And even weird songs often follow conventional patterns, so that does not discourage me at all.
I paid $15 for this book, and it seemed a bit slight for that, but it definitely gave me a different perspective, a much more technical and yet somehow freeing way to look at lyric writing than any other book on the subject I've yet read.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Great Book! A must read for any level of songwriter. Dec 08, 2008
By K. Scott
"Swirl360/EchoJet"
I've read a lot of books about songwriting and this is one of the best. It's an easy read and Andrea is to the point. It's not a get rich by writing songs by any means, but more of taking yourself to the next level. A must read for whatever level you are at in your songwriting.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
very nice Jun 14, 2011
By patrick mchenry
I didn't feel lectured to. She is a very good writer. Haven't heard her music. But the scenarios and anecdotes she gives are very good and if her songwriting is anything like her book writing then i bet it's alright. She gives an interesting tidbit about songwriting I've never heard before about extrinsic and intrinsic detail. Go read it!
Great Dec 06, 2011
By Pete A. Iaria
Great Item and service. Will order from this vendor again. Future customers should highly consider this item and vendor. Thanks!
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