The only insider's guide to hit songwriting in the Digital Age-from an Emmy-nominated songwriter who has mentored two generations of Grammy Award winners and nominees.
"Molly has written an excellent primer on the world of songwriting. It's a great resource for folks trying to navigate the 'how tos' of the songwriting business." -Tim Wipperman, President, Anthem Music Publishing
Whether you're a lyricist, songwriter, or band, this powerful and inspiring book covers the essentials of contemporary craft-guiding you from good to great, then taking you through marketing, promotion, finding the right publisher, placing your song with an artist, getting signed, and providing the foundation for a successful writing career.
This indispensable guide features exclusive and highly informative interviews with insiders across multiple genres, including Tim Wipperman, "the publisher's publisher" in Nashville, Grammy-nominee J.P. Saxe ("If the World Was Ending") and Grammy-winner Debbie Hupp ("You Decorated My Life"), R&B mega-producers/writers for Rihanna, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, Grammy-winner and composer of instrumental music Art Munson, jingle writer Jim Andron, and Grammy- and Emmy-winning children's songwriters Michael Silversher and Patty Silversher.
"This is a wonderful book that offers superb advice to songwriters, new and experienced. Molly Leikin gives you solid, practical information, whether you are writing and composing for yourself or the whole world. Listen to her advice. This book may well be your ticket to songwriting success!" -Philip Lee Williams, award-winning novelist and poet
| ISBN: | 9781637582183 |
| Publication date: | 13th October 2022 |
| Author: | MollyAnn Leikin |
| Publisher: | Permuted Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music |