Description: For everyone who dreams of placing a song on the Top-40 charts, this book is the perfect guide from music basics through creating complete songs in rock, country, R&B, and theatrical forms. The author uses 40 real, current hit songs as examples -- from such noted songwriters as Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Garth Brooks, Paul Simon, and Sting -- to show how the principles actually apply. The book also covers technical and business aspects such as demo tapes, copyrighting, and selling songs to publishers. No prior knowledge of music is required to use and enjoy this text.
-- Basic information for everyone from the novice to the experienced song crafter
-- "Thank heavens for Josefs and his book, which opens the door to memorable melodies". -- Songtalk

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