Writing Music For Hit Songs
by Jai Josefs
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Author: Jai JosefsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-01
ISBN: 0825672457
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
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Book Review: For songwriters: a fine book on the music side of the craft
Summary: 4 Stars
This very useful book lasted barely two years in it's initial printing with Writer's Digest Books, and since alternatives to Josefs in the area of writing music for popular songs are not many, I'm pleased to report that Schirmer Books, in a seeming rush to become a big player in the music-industry book field, has released a 1996 update of this terrific book. (Please, songwriters, buy it! Let's demonstrate that we represent a viable market niche.) Like many of today's working songwriters, author Josefs boasts wide-ranging credits that include arranging, producing, playing, and composing, as well as crafting songs. His book, focused as it is on the techniques of music writing used in today's hits, fills an obvious need, as most songwriting books either skim over the music and talk about lyrics, or, if they spend time on music, tend to be more dated in their approach than Josefs, who, granted, leans heavily upon songs of the seventies and eighties to make his points, but also includes solid nineties examples. Ron Simpson, School of Music, Brigham Young University. Author of MASTERING THE MUSIC BUSINESS.
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