Songwriting?

[staceyneil]

Does anyone know of a good textbook or lesson guide for teaching songwriting?

Thanks!
Stacey

[Nan in Mass]

No, but you could look on the homespun site. I think I remember them having some.

[staceyneil]

Thanks, Nan.... would you have a link to the site you mentioned? I googled it but didn't seem to find anything.... thanks!
Stacey

[Nan in Mass]

homespuntapes.com
Took me awhile to find it. We used to get the paper catalogue. I don't know if there still are songwriting things there, but you can look. The other place to look is the Lark in the Morning catalogue or Musician's Friend.

[sharonTennessee]

Writer's Digest puts out several songwriting books. They're written for aspiring writers, but would easily work for students.

Sharon

[staceyneil]

Thanks!! All good ideas... this one from Berklee School of Music Press looks great: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Berklee-Press-The-Songwriters-Workshop-Melody-BookCD?sku=941846

[Deidre in GA]

Thanks!! All good ideas... this one from Berklee School of Music Press looks great: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Berklee-Press-The-Songwriters-Workshop-Melody-BookCD?sku=941846

Berklee also publishes books by their instructor Pat Pattison which are some of the best books i've seen on songwriting. Amazon also carries these, btw.