Berklee- The Songwriter's Workshop: Hit Song Forms Book/Ola

Berklee- The Songwriter's Workshop: Hit Song Forms Book & Online Audio

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With Access to 93 Online Audio Demonstrations

Write more compelling songs! Song form, or the way a song’s ideas are structured, is one of the most powerful dimensions of songwriting. These practical, hands-on lessons teach you to structure song’s lyrics, melodies, and harmonies in ways that will give you maximum expressive impact. You will learn the types of verses, prechoruses, choruses, and bridges used in contemporary hits.

Through careful selection of various tools, you can create momentum to highlight your most important ideas in your chorus or refrain. These essential forms are used in contemporary music of all styles: rock, country, R&B, hip-hop, and more.

Online audio tracks illustrate the songwriting concepts and help you to practice the techniques with your own songs. Designed for all level songwriters, from the beginner to the advanced, it utilises easy-to-follow exercises and audio examples to get you using the tools of the masters immediately.

In this Book, You will learn to:

• Create the most common forms for today’s hits, from the simple to the most complex, including: verse-chorus songs, prechorus songs, songs with bridges, verse/refrains, and emerging new forms
• Create dramatic choruses that emphasise the title and get the audience to sing along
• Connect and contrast all the sections of your songs smoothly
• Learn the Seven Standard Chorus Types and the dozens of variations on each
• Align all songwriting elements (lyrics, harmony, and melody) within every song section to create expressive momentum
• Incorporate harmonic motion into every form, from the simplest loop song to the most complex modulating prechorus
• Connect all your musical moves to the overall lyric emotion, conveying all your thoughts and feelings directly to your audience.

The Songwriters Workshop Series of books have been used at the heart of the Berklee songwriting curriculum for decades, studied by thousands of emerging songwriters who have gone on to perform have their songs performed by artists such as Adele, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Allison Crouse, Gwen Stefani, ZZ Top, Sam Smith, Faith Hill, Imagine Dragons, the Jonas Brothers, and countless other chart-stopping acts, as well as placed in award-winning TV shows and movies. 160 pages. 

Reviews:

“Jimmy’s wisdom and encyclopedic knowledge of the craft of songwriting made me the writer I am today. My success required an insane amount of hard work, but none of that work would have mattered without him teaching me how to use structure, form, and melodic math to emphasise the emotions I was trying to convey.” —Justin Tranter, Singer-Songwriter for artists such as Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson

“The tools in this book are essential to any tunesmith and should be studied in great detail. This book will shine a new light on those who aspire to write great songs. Raw talent, tenacity, and a strong belief in yourself can only be strengthened by the lessons taught here.” —Robert Lee Castleman, GRAMMY Award winning songwriter for artists such as Alison Krauss and Alan Jackson

“This simple, straightforward, and extremely helpful book explains and analyses harmony, a musical topic that is anything but simple and straight-forward. Once again, Jimmy Kachulis has provided songwriters of all levels with effective and productive tools to express themselves.” —Phil Galdston, GRAMMY-nominated songwriter for artists such as Celine Dion, Vanessa Williams, Brandy, Beyoncé, Aaron Neville, and Tom Jones.

“As always, Jimmy Kachulis makes songwriting skills accessible to musicians of all levels. In this new book, he once again provides all the tools necessary to nudge mediocrity to greatness. Every songwriter needs this book.” —Andrea Stolpe, Staff Songwriter at Universal Music Publishing, for artists such as Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, and Jimmy Wayne

“Through years of research and teaching the art of songwriting, Jimmy unveils secrets behind hit song forms, making it a must-read for aspiring songwriters and music enthusiasts alike.” —Rodney Alejandro, Chair of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music