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How to Write Your First Song
by Dr. Dave Walker
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Dr. Dave Walker
has been teaching music theory, songwriting, and guitar for over 40
years. He has recorded several video courses and has run two
successful websites devoted to music theory and introducing new
artists. Dr. Walker has written dozens of articles ranging from
academic subjects to artist interviews and product reviews. As a
columnist for Just
Jazz Guitar magazine, he contributes two regular
features, “On Music Theory” and “Music
Software.”
Dr.
Walker has given talks literally around the world, from Harvard and
Yale to New Zealand to Switzerland to Finland. He has taught absolute
beginners to university graduate courses in music.
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The hardest song to write is your
first one. Whether you’re an absolute novice or someone who has
studied music in college, putting your ideas into an effective
song form can be daunting, confusing and frustrating. Enter
“Dr. Dave” Walker, your guide to discovering your own
process as you complete your first song, making you a bona fide
songwriter.
How
to Write Your First Song is the latest release
in the Hal Leonard “How to…” series that lets musicians
focus on areas they want to explore more in depth. This volume:
- Turns wannabes into songwriters by
actually writing a song
- Works for first-time writers as well as
experienced ones who have writer’s block or who just want to
branch out
- Gives students the confidence to keep
writing by developing their own style as they write songs they
like
- Helps those with no musical training as
well as those with degrees in music
- Covers all major song forms plus
instrumentals, game music, and more.
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Does not require music
reading as there is audio for every example
Dr.
Dave wrote this book after years of working with students who
desperately wanted to write a song but had no idea how to begin, even
if they’d studied at the university level! He will show you that it
is an easy and fun process that requires a minimum of technical
knowledge but the discipline and process to keep refining
ideas until they are as good as you can make them. That first song is
a huge hurdle, but when it’s jumped the next ones become increasingly
easy. This book is structured so that you find your own style of
writing, without forcing anyone else’s style or techniques on you.
There is enough instruction to keep you from floundering, but also a
lot of divergent paths for you to explore and find the process that
works for you.
The How to… series
now includes six volumes, each zooming in on a destinct topic of
interest to musicians and written by experts with that specific
expertise.
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About Hal Leonard
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Founded
in 1947, Hal
Leonard Corporation is the world’s largest music print publisher
and digital content provider, producing songbooks, sheet music,
educational publications, reference books, DVDs, magazines, eBooks,
digital sheet music, apps and more. The company is also a major
distributor of music technology products, selling and marketing the
most popular software, hard goods and accessories available today, to
musicians and recording enthusiasts around the world. In its
more than 200,000 available publications and products, Hal Leonard
represents many of the world’s best known and most respected
publishers, artists, songwriters, arrangers and manufacturers. The
company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI and also has domestic
offices in Winona, MN; New Jersey and Boston, and offices abroad in
Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and
the United Kingdom.
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