Songwriting Journal

Offers tips and tricks for coming up with ideas for words and music and turning your ideas into songs.

This attractive contemporary Christian music notebook for guitarists/songwriters has evenly spaced college ruled lines on left hand pages for easy writing of lyrics/ideas, plus a place for song title and date at top of left hand pages. Right hand pages have 7 blank staves and 6 blank chord diagrams (guitar tabs at top of page). Sturdy 6" x 9" notebook with high quality print and perfect bound paperback binding will hold all of your best song ideas. - 110 pages of Lined and Staff/Tab paper- 6" x 9" paperback notebook- Great as a gift for the guitar playing musician/songwriter!

Whether you are an ambitious music student, aspiring songwriter, or a teacher looking for a tool to promote creativity, the Meridee Winters Music Composition Book is a versatile tool for taking notes, recording your great ideas and helping spark new ones. With a visually fun layout and space for both notated music and written work, this book can meet the needs of any music student or independent learner. The composition book includes: Staff paper for notating music, song ideas and more, notebook pages for writing out lyrics, chord progressions and more, goal-setting pages, idea pages - great for titles and other small sparks of brilliance, a build-it-yourself table of contents to easily locate your work, and room for doodling, dreaming and creating song stories. About the Meridee Winters Music Method: Founded by a former school teacher, the Meridee Winters Music Method was created as a solution to a problem: that lesson and exercise books teach at the rote and recall level, with little room for creativity. There is also a need for great music materials for learners of all styles, including adults, gifted learners, young learners, students that fall on the autism spectrum, those with dyslexia and more. The Meridee Winters Music Method tackles all of these complex needs with her playful, progress-boosting books and activities. Capture all of your great musical ideas, and be motivated to create even more with this fun and inspiring tool.

Whether you are new to songwriting or have written hundreds of songs, "The Songwriter's Journal" should be within arm's reach whenever the mood to write a new tune strikes. It is packed with the fuel you need to ignite the imagination and provides you with more ideas than you could ever hope to write about. With hundreds of entries designed specifically to spark the muse within, the book should reside on every songwriter's bookshelf or desk. It includes songwriting exercises, chord progressions for new songs, word association exercises, ideas to write new songs about, note sequences for new songs, power words to include in your lyrics, items that belong in every songwriter's toolkit and much more.

The songwriting journal contains blank lined pages on the left hand side for writing lyrics and staffed right hand pages for composing music. Portable size makes it easy to keep with you at all times! Jot down all the lyrics in your head before they are gone for good! Music journal is great for kids, adults, songwriters, musicians or music students. Great gift idea for your favorite composer! Details: 6'' wide x 9'' high 110+ pages Blank lined pages Staffed pages

(Berklee Guide). Become a more productive songwriter! Learn to organize the full range of your creative content, from starting inspirations to finished songs. This book offers pragmatic tools, resources, practices, and principles for managing the many kinds of creative materials gathered or generated across a song's life cycle. Organize your ideas and sources of inspiration, sketches and drafts, versions and revisions, to streamline your songwriting process. Create and use "song seed" notebooks and lists, song journals, and writing and co-writing session logs, as you develop your overall song catalog. You will learn to: * Capture and access inspirations of all types lyric, melodic, chordal, rhythmic, or concept in songwriting notebooks, journals, and lists * Energize and improve your creative work writing by organizing all your song ideas for easy access at every stage of songwriting * Manage the full lifecycle of your songs, from sketches and drafts, through versions and revisions, to "fair copies" and demos * Develop an efficient songwriting workflow that connects inspirations to opportunities and projects * Rapidly access your strongest creative material in high-stakes, deadline-driven writing and co-writing sessions * Develop your song catalogue to support publishing, administration, and licensing * Use the organizing process to gain insights for advancing your craft and range as a writer

Preserve your memories of the past, present, and thoughts for the future! This bestselling volume has been revised, updated, and redesigned. Contains hundreds of guided questions organized into sections about your past, present, and future, family history, and inner self. Embrace -- with playfulness and intuitive insight -- your own version of the life you have lived. Contents: Introduction, The Facts of Life, My Life: A Personal History, All in the Family, All About Me, The Inner Me, What Next? Acid-free archival paper preserves your words for decades to come. Smooth opaque pages take pen beautifully. Sturdy hardcover volume. 192 pages. Attractive new design with gold foil accents. Measures 7-1/4 inches wide by 9 inches high.

A musical composer, guitar rocker, and lyric opera singer team up to write this sensational book on songwriting. This book includes everything you want to know about the core competencies of songwriting, elements of music, and lyrics. Features include writing song lyrics, crafting musical compositions, musical styles, getting a contract, sustaining a career, publishers and agents, recording, and even how to survive in the music industry. No matter what music genre you desire---blues, country, hip hop, gospel, punk, classical, alternative, jingles, or rock---this is the book for you. You will find this fascinating book filled with tips, quotes from famous songwriters and musicians, and numerous stories on songwriting that will keep you fully engaged.