The Elements of Song Craft

The Elements of Song Craft
Author: Billy Seidman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2020-08-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1493050788

An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. The Elements Of Song Craft does for songwriters what William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White’s The Elements Of Style did for English language students and writers alike; gives an all-in-one definitive manifesto for contemporary songwriters in every genre to organize, understand, and practice the rules, principles, definitions, forms, and song craft needed to create good songs, songs of undeniable creative power and beauty, songs that last. The Elements of Song Craft beelines directly to the most important aspect of writing good songs—identifying the key emotion living at the heart of the song—then offers a step-by-step process to harnessing that singular emotional power. Additionally, a dozen other strategies, formulas, perspectives, and exercises are offered in the book. The Elements of Song Craft introduces, for the first time to a general songwriting audience, an effective new songwriting vocabulary utilized by songwriters taught in the SONG ARTS ACADEMY method and supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, the world’s leading Performance Rights Organizations at the heart of the songwriting business, as well as at NYU Steinhardt’s and The New School’s songwriting programs, for over sixteen years. Thousands of song arts participants, including hit songwriters and The Voice and American Idol contestants, have been trained in this method.

Song-craft

Song-craft
Author: W. H. Harrison (of Milwaukee?)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1906
Genre:
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100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music

100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music
Author: CCM,
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2006-02-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1418561231

100 great songs, 100 great stories. Listen to the soundtrack of your life. What do you hear? Which songs and artists have impacted your spirit and inspired your faith? This ultimate guide chronicles such songs?the top 100 songs of contemporary Christian music that have not only achieved commercial success, but have forever changed the lives of those who have listened. Selected by votes of thousands of CCM Magazine readers with the input of a top panel of Christian music insiders (including artists, executives, producers and songwriters), this list represents the best of the best. Become part of the moment where divine inspiration meets sheer musical talent. From Rich Mullins, Amy Grand, dc talk, Steven Curtis Chapman and MercyMe to pioneers like Larry Norman, Keith Green and the Gaithers, watch how the musical expression of these artists' own lives resulted in the songs that forever changed yours.

Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds

Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds
Author: Judy Nichols
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838909256

Provides fifty storytime programs for two-year-olds, including ideas and suggestions for storytime content and encouragement to serve this age group.

Music Production: Everything You Need To Know About Producing Music and Songwriting

Music Production: Everything You Need To Know About Producing Music and Songwriting
Author: Tommy Swindali
Publisher: Tommy Swindali
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Everything You Need To Know About Making Music In One Place! Covering everything you need to know about music production, as well as songwriting. Music Production: How to Produce Music, The Easy to Read Guide for Music Producers Songwriting: Apply Proven Methods, Ideas and Exercises to Kickstart or Upgrade Your Songwriting Do you know what Top Producers such as, Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Afrojack and Swedish House Mafia do in the studio? Most of what you think you need to know, doesn't matter. In this popular Second Edition you will discover what the music producer does and how to bring your music to life. This is not your typical boring technical book, rather the knowledge is presented in a simple way that will inspire you to achieve your best results. Become a smart recording artist and discover the hidden rules of recording and composition that you can apply to use in small or big studios. Leading artists have kept these methods a secret for so long. Discover why bass is almighty in the EDM world and learn specific techniques used in various genres. Famous Producers share the equipment they use and share how to record musical instruments, essential hardware, the mix-down, 10 Golden Rules of music production, plus much more. Have you ever listened to a song and thought, "Wow, if only I could write a song like that"? Well, you can now learn all the secrets on how to write beautiful music with this carefully designed guide to songwriting! The book is packed with methods, ideas, and advice on how to improve your skills and unleash your talent for unique results!Learn everything from chords, notes, and keys to lyrics and rhythm, adopt the habits and mentality of successful songwriters, and become the best! With this guide, you will also learn all the practical details you need to know about copyrights, piracy, and royalties so you can finally become a true professional! So, stop making up excuses about how your not talented enough, because now, you have what it takes to become a star! Start making music, by uncovering all the tools you need today! Just click add to cart

Story Time Success

Story Time Success
Author: Katie Fitzgerald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1442263881

Story time is a popular activity in public libraries. Unfortunately, many librarians (and not just children’s librarians) are thrust into the role of providing this service have not taken a course or had the necessary experience of performing story times. Story times are so popular that they are now offered to children of many ages, not just to preschoolers. This book will help librarians who have never done story time to learn to promote, plan, and perform story times, and will be useful to experienced librarians to build on their story time repertoires. Because story times are essential components of library service to children and in such demand, in many libraries, even librarians who have never done story time before are being asked to step into that role. Story Time Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians is comprehensive handbook which can help any librarian learn to promote, plan, and perform story times even with no prior training or experience. Key elements include: Customizable planning templates Hints for choosing appropriate books and other materials Suggestions for overcoming performance anxiety Troubleshooting for common story time problems and pitfalls Evaluation rubrics for performers and supervisors Veterans and beginners alike will find many useful pointers for establishing and improving their story time skills and repertoires.

The Wordhord

The Wordhord
Author: Hana Videen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 069123275X

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.