The Songwriter's
Journal
by Stan Swanson
220 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9787925-1-3
Cover price: $14.95
1st printing:
January 2007
BOOK SUMMARY
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.
REVIEWS AND COMMENTS: The
Songwriter's Journal
“It's one thing to read a lecture on
songwriting, but to figure out how to write songs, most of us need
both ideas and motivation. I like this book for both. A great
companion to have on your desk, in your guitar case or in your
backpack.”
--J. Hood, Denver, CO
“In reviewing songwriting books, it is
important to ask the question: ‘Will this one help someone become a
better songwriter?’ In this case, it should make anyone a more
prolific songwriter, which will provide the opportunity for
improvement. It should help tickle a sleeping muse awake, and that
can't hurt.”
--Ed Teja (The Muse's Muse)
“The Songwriter's Journal was written
to both provide aspiring songwriters with ideas and inspirations for
new songs, and a forum in which to jot down their daily notes,
thoughts, ideas, and musical notations over the course of a year's
time. It is an invaluable tool and very strongly recommended for the
novice songwriter, and has a great deal of utility and value for
even the more experienced composer.”
--Midwest Book Review
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