Ebook: The Songwriter's Idea Book

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: A Digest of Songwriting Theory; Part II: Personality Type, Brain Dominance, and the Creative Process; Part III: Title Strategies: A Key Word; Part IV: More Title Strategies: Wordplay; Part V: Design Strategies: Figurative Language; Part VI: More Design Strategies: The Framing Device; Part VII: Plot Strategies: The Romantic Relationship; Part VIII: More Plot Strategies: The Universal Theme; Part IX: More Plot Strategies: Special Genres and Markets; Coda.;In her first two books, Sheila Davis classified the major song forms and enduring principles that have been honored for decades by America's foremost songwriters. Those books have become required reading in music courses from NYU to UCLA. In The Songwriters Idea Book, Davis goes one step further, giving you 40 strategies for designing distinctive songs. You'll break new ground in your own songwriting by learning about the inherent relationship between language style, personality type and the brain. You'll go, step by step, through the creative process as you activate, incubate, separate and dis.