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Author : Pat Pattison
Genre : Music
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN : 9781599631660
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
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The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover: • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes • Ways to use repetition as an asset • How to successfully manipulate meter • Instruction for matching lyrics with music • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles • Advice for working with a co-writer • And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.

Author : Pat Pattison
Genre : Music
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN : 9781476867533
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
File Download : 118 page
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(Berklee Guide). Veteran songwriter Pat Pattison has taught many of Berklee College of Music's best and brightest students how to write truly great lyrics. His helpful guide contains essential information on lyric structures, timing and placement, and exercises to help everyone from beginners to seasoned songwriters say things more effectively and gain a better understanding of their craft. Features examples of famous songs for study, including: Be Still My Beating Heart * Can't Fight This Feeling * It Was a Very Good Year * Tickle Me * and more.

Author : Kris Hawkins
Genre : Business & Economics
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN : 9781538162002
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
File Download : 237 page
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"A no-nonsense handbook on how to establish value as a professional musician and create a sustainable career in the working world, written by an EMMY-award winning, veteran practitioner"--

Author : Anupam Biswas
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN : 9783031184444
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
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This book presents advances in speech and music in the domain of audio signal processing. The book begins with introductory chapters on the basics of speech and music, and then proceeds to computational aspects of speech and music, including music information retrieval and spoken language processing. The authors discuss the intersection in the field of computer science, musicology and speech analysis, and how the multifaceted nature of speech and music information processing requires unique algorithms, systems using sophisticated signal processing, and machine learning techniques that better extract useful information. The authors discuss how a deep understanding of both speech and music in terms of perception, emotion, mood, gesture and cognition is essential for successful application. Also discussed is the overwhelming amount of data that has been generated across the world that requires efficient processing for better maintenance, retrieval, indexing and querying and how machine learning and artificial intelligence are most suited for these computational tasks. The book provides both technological knowledge and a comprehensive treatment of essential topics in speech and music processing.

Author : Girish Patro
Genre : Music
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN : 9781543706246
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
File Download : 185 page
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We must agree that the role of Arts, Commerce & Science are equally important in Career Development to survive, but we have lost the focus on ‘Arts’ or ‘Skills’ in our Education System which used to be our Assets.The goals to write this book is, 1. To develop and make a full-time career in Music Business, Music Performance, Music Production and Sound Reinforcement - The lessons describes the procedures and methods to develop a set of Skills and motivates the reader to become a self-trainable content creator, a performer or a service provider.The lessons describes to learn your responsibilities and motivates to find too many solutions for each problem and applying one of them according to the situation. 2. To spread awareness about right informations of Music Business, Music Performance, Music Production and Sound Reinforcement to the listeners (consumers, music lovers) - The lessons are simplified and properly organised.If we put an analogy of learning all about our music industry with human body analysis, then the first lesson would be about showing you a human body instead of explaining a human intestine. 3. To establish and maintain a long term business environment in Music Industry - The lessons always motivate and encourage the reader to reduce or remove dirty politics and other related loopholes existing in Music Industry by demanding and mentioning terms and responsibilities clearly in contract agreements (in written formats on stamp papers). The author may put some analogy as one of his methods to explain each lesson such as ‘Cooking Techniques’ as ‘Mixing Techniques’; ‘Hot’ as ‘Loud’, where hot can be a touch or taste sensation and loud (loudness or volume control in your remote or a dedicated knob in your playback system) as a listening sensation.If we put an analogy of learning audio recording skills with riding a bike, then the author love to explain the bike riding skills, maintenance of a bike, introducing recent technology used, safety precautions for the biker, traffic rules and regulations, but the author hasn’t explained the features and functions of different products(different brands of bikes), because features and functions changes according to recent technology development.And features and functions of different products (different brands of bikes) can be learnt through their respective official websites so that the learner as a customer will make his / her own decision about purchasing a product (certain brand of a bike) as per his / her requirements. In this book the author may have mentioned few products as examples to focus on the Technology applied in the products; that doesn’t mean he promote those products.We can’t rely on technology to correct major amount of errors because it has some limitations.For a limited time period, the technology can be used to correct a minimum amount of errors.It is better to use technology in methods for practicing more of the arts or skills so that the error will be reduced at the input. Girish Patro

Author : Glenn Fosbraey
Genre : Literary Criticism
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN : 9781350309746
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This book is unique in offering practical advice on writing song lyrics within a critically informed framework. Part I provides the theoretical underpinning, while Part II covers the creative process, pulling together all the best songwriting advice and offering practical exercises. Fusing creative guidance with rigorous criticism, this is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of songwriting, creative writing and music. Lively and accessible, it is a one-stop shop for all aspiring songwriters.

Author : Kevin Courtright
Genre : Music
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN : 9781615790456
Type book : PDF, Epub, Kindle and Mobi
File Download : 418 page
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Back to Schoolin' is the culmination of years of conscious and subconscious study in the school of music known as Led Zeppelin. Having studied the band and its music for nearly thirty years, author Kevin Courtright has acquired a tremendous body of knowledge and insight into music and the music business which is modeled by Zeppelin. He presents this knowledge through three major categories: The Music, the Presentation and Relationships, and the Business. Dispersed within these three major categories are a total of thirty-two chapters, each of which is broken into three sections: The Inspiration, the Information, and the Implementation. Mr. Courtright's goal is to pass on this body of knowledge to others, whether musicians or not. The book is fascinating in its presentation, and educational in its content. Back to Schoolin' is recommended reading for anyone interested in not just rock music, but music in general. Kevin Courtright is a Los Angeles-based composer and author whose latest opus is the book Back to Schoolin': What Led Zeppelin Taught Me About Music. With 25 years of composing and study behind him and a long-time devotion to the beauty and intricacies of progressive rock music, Kevin is in a unique position to illustrate the far-reaching and lasting impact of one of the most influential musical groups of the 20th Century. Born outside the District of Columbia, raised near the City by the Bay and transplanted to Los Angeles, Kevin manages to escape his schooling with his creativity intact. His skill as a writer leads to the writing and directing of the hilarious mockumentary "Man On Top." He steps away from the keyboard once a week to teach from the greatest book ever written and on Sundays you will find him lending his bass voice to the Choir of Grace Community Church.

Author : Pat Pattison
Genre : Music
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN : 9781599632995
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File Download : 242 page
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Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: • tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details • effectively use metaphor and comparative language • add rhythm to your writing and manage phrasing Songwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Divided into four sections, Songwriting Without Boundaries features four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers.

Author : Carlos R. Abril
Genre : Music
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780197509043
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General Music: Dimensions of Practice is a practical guide for music teachers and teaching artists who strive to teach music holistically. The book begins by framing general music as a holistic music education that is comprehensive, meaningful, and relevant to diverse learners in school and community settings. It is followed by chapters that are organized into one of four dimensions of music practice: performing, connecting, creating, and responding. Chapter authors share creative and innovative teaching ideas, for both elementary and secondary school students, that focus on a wide range of topics, including: songwriting, composing, improvising, singing, moving, playing, listening, analyzing, contextualizing, and connecting. Each chapter provides (a) a rationale for a given area of music study, establishing its importance and relevance; (b) a research or theoretical background, to inform and guide practice; and (c) a pedagogical model or framework illustrated through lesson ideas, curriculum units, or vignettes. The ideas in this book seek to inspire and guide teachers as they build comprehensive music programs that are informed by students and communities.

Author : Tim Byron
Genre : Psychology
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN : 9783031190001
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This volume is the first book-length study of hooks in popular music. Hooks - those memorable musical moments for listeners such as a riff or catchy melodic phrase – are arguably the guiding principle of much modern popular music. The concept of the hook involves aspects of melody, rhythm, harmony, production, lyrical and cultural meaning - and how these interact within a song’s topline and backing track. Hooks are also inherently related to the human capacities for memory and attention, and interact with our previous experiences with music. Understanding hooks in popular music requires a new interdisciplinary approach drawing from popular music studies, pop musicology, and music psychology, and this book draws from each of these disciplines to understand the hooks present in a broad range of popular music styles from the last thirty years.