This book is worth a read.

[Emusic]

Picked up his on from Amazon. Worth a read.
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How to be a hit songwriter
Molly-Ann Leikin
ISBN 0-634-05001-X (but check this as this might be ISBN for 2nd edition)
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[grn]

got any songs we can hear from you as proof?

 

[Hugo H]

Here's a few more worthwhile books:

The Songwriting Sourcebook
Rikky Rooksby
Berklee, Boston, 2003
0879307498
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879307498

Melody In Songwriting
Jack Perricone
Berklee, Boston, 2000
063400638X
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/063400638X

6 Steps To Songwriting Success
Jason Blume
Billboard, NY, 2004
0823084124
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823084124

Melody: How To Write Great Tunes
Rikky Rooksby
Backbeat, SF, 2004
0879308192
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879308192

Writing Music For Hit Songs
Jai Josefs
Schirmer, NY, 1996
0825672457
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825672457

Writing Better Lyrics
Pat Pattison
Writer's Digest, Ohio, 1995
1582970645
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582970645

You Can Write Song Lyrics
Terry Cox
Writer's Digest, Ohio, 2000
0898799899
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898799899

88 Songwriting Wrongs & How To Right Them
Pat & Pete Luboff
Writer's Digest, Ohio, 1992
0898795087
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898795087

Song Writing: A Complete Guide To The Craft
Stephen Citron
Limelight, NY, 1985
0879101377
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879101377

The Craft And Business Of Songwriting
John Braheny
Writer's Digest, Ohio, 2002
1582970858
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582970858

Inside Songwriting: Getting To The Heart Of Creativity
Jason Blume
Billboard, NY, 2003
0823083616
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823083616

The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony [with CD]
Jimmy Kachulis
Berklee, Boston, 2005
0634026615
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0634026615

All You Need To Know About The Music Business
Donald S. Passman
Free Press, NY, 2003 (5th ed)
0743246373
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743246373

What They'll Never Tell You About The Music Business
Peter M. Thrall
Billboard, NY, 2002
0823084396
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823084396

 

[Emusic]

got any songs we can hear from you as proof?

A proof of my writing or Molly-Ann Leikins writing? ^^
I/we have stopped publishing our finished mixes online.
We are working on setting up a passworded mp3 streamer for people in the business that we have contact with. Right or wrong - who knows.

Molly-Ann Leikin has a website at
http://www.songmd.com/index.shtml

This book is about anything BUT the actual chord progression and the mix itself.

Its good, put simple. At least for me.
Its about the process, and about doing business within the music business. Networking etc.. And much more.

 

[Raydio]

We are working on setting up a passworded mp3 streamer for people in the business that we have contact with. Right or wrong - who knows.

Im trying to do the exact same thing. Where can I find resources for this? Thanks in advance

 

[Emusic]

Im trying to do the exact same thing. Where can I find resources for this? Thanks in advance

Easiest solution is to passwordprotect a directory and put the MP3 files inside there. Allthough that means ure clients actually can download the files themselves (wich u might not want them to), even if you set up a professional flash streamer (i.e. guychambers.com) people CAN grab the files if they want to.

Normally your webspace provider has some easy steps to passwordprotect a directory in the website user interface panel for your account. If they havent then you will need to use a small and free program. htaccess is one of them.
Do a google: password protect folder web

The files themselves can be pure mp3 files or streaming flash mp3 or just about any format.

Summing up: Easiest=pw a folder with htaccess or web client user interface (provided by your webspace provider). Dump the mp3 files in there.

Most pro: Go to Guychambers.com and select Discography to see how a pro solution looks ^^

PS: A small company might not take too much to help you make a system for playing mp3 from an interface. aka Guy Chambers website

Good luck

 

[junplugged]

I've read many.

The best are the 3 by Sheila Davis.

I see 2 of them on the shelves most of the time if I'm in Borders or Barnes.

Craft of Lyric Writing is most compreshensive then there's the workbook and 40 ideas.

 

[Emusic]

Im trying to do the exact same thing. Where can I find resources for this? Thanks in advance

Check this one out
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash+Mp3+Player