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Title: The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow by Sheila Davis ISBN: 0-89879-519-2 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for the money
Comment: I hear this book is some kind of industry standard book for other musicians, and I enjoyed it.
Like the other reviews said though, the 40 strategies are really 40 different types of songs you could write.
i.e. "the childrens song" "breaking up" "the christmas song"
The first couple of chapters describe what she calls "whole brain writing", and is actually very clever.
This book helped me immensly, I just knocked a star off b/c of the bad title and I think it's too short.
For the money though, you absolutely cannot go wrong!
Rating: 5
Summary: The cure for writer's block
Comment: Ever had writer's block? This book is the cure! Along with Davis' THE CRAFT OF LYRIC WRITING and SUCCESSFUL LYRIC WRITING, THE SONGWRITERS IDEA BOOK forms a brilliant trilogy that is essential for the person who wants to write lyrics. I'm rather surprised by reading some of the negative comments below. My guess is that those people merely leafed through the book without actually reading it. This book is NOT an easy read. It is not something that can be scanned. It must be read and studied very carefully. It is very important to understand part 2 of the book (pages 15 through 34) before moving ahead. This is the section wherein Davis analyzes the different types of the creative mind. In only a few short pages Davis introduces a lot of important concepts that need to be understood. The reader must take her tests and figure out which type he is. Then and only then is the book of value. I had to read part two several times before I really understood it. But once I had a firm grasp of those ideas, I found the book to be extremely valuable. Davis basically says that when one is blocked, that he needs to come at it from the other side of the brain. She then proceeds to give exercises that make it easy to access the unused part of the brain. While ostensibly for the lyricist, I think the principles can be adapted for any kind of writing. I think this is a great book and I am grateful to Sheila Davis for writing it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Title is misleading
Comment: Pro: Excellent catalog of types of lyrics. Also good coverage of different elements that make hit songs.
Con: The title is misleading. The "40 strategies" is really no more than a catalog of 40 general types of lyrics, i.e. people get hit songs from: a holiday, a place, a town, a love lost, love gained, etc. Some useful ideas, but I was hoping for something more like writing or brainstorming exercise to open the imagination. This book was not at all useful for me.
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Title: The Craft of Lyric Writing by Sheila Davis ISBN: 0898791499 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: April, 1985 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Successful Lyric Writing: A Step-By-Step Course & Workbook by Sheila Davis ISBN: 0898792835 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Essential Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary: Most Practical and Easy to Use Reference Now Available by Kevin M. Mitchell ISBN: 0882847295 Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison ISBN: 1582970645 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Melody in Songwriting : Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs by Jack Perricone ISBN: 063400638X Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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