Product Description

Welcome to better songwriting! This light, easy to read, simple to understand book will help you focus your songwriting and write better songs by explaining in plain, conversational English what music business professionals are listening for in evaluating songs for pitching, publishing, and recording.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #645090 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-15
• Released on: 2006-10-15
• Binding: Paperback
• 86 pages

Review
Dear Passengers, You know that feeling you get in the deepest recess of your gut when you discover something GREAT and you want to share it with all of your friends? Well, Ive got that feeling right now, and it's about a book on songwriting that you HAVE TO read - HAVE TO!! I don t make a penny on this, so you conspiracy theorists don't need to wonder what my motivation is for being so enthusiastic ;-) The book is called, Michael Anderson's Little Black Book of Songwriting, and it's 86 pages of pure gold. Anderson wrote one of the most evergreen Country hits of all time, Maybe It Was Memphis, recorded by Pam Tillis, so he knows what he s talking about. This book is such an easy read, and has so many INCREDIBLE tips in it, that it can help beginners as well as professionals. You're going to love it. Hang on and get ready to become GREAT! - Michael Laskow - CEO - TAXI --TAXI Meter (newsletter) Oct. 2006

About the Author
Michael Anderson is a songwriter / artist / producer / and author who has written songs for John Fogerty, Juice Newton, Pam Tillis, Phil Seymour, Rebecca St. James, and many others in rock, pop, country, and CCM. He has been a staff writer for EMI and BMG Publishing in Nashville, as well as MCA /Universal and Criterion Music in Los Angeles. Best known for writing Maybe It Was Memphis - #1 country single, recently placing #58 on the all time country love song playlist for CMT. As a solo artist he has released six albums, two on A&M Records, two on EMI / Forefront, and two independent releases. He has written many #1 CCM singles, and won a Dove Award for Hard Rock Song of the Year from the Gospel Music Association. He is also an author, having written screenplays and books, including Shiloh: A Confederate Love Story , The Devil: A Postmodern Look at Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the film noir influenced Tin Angel. He is a music business career and song consultant with the independent A&R company Taxi (taxi.com) and instructor at The Musician's Institute in Hollywood.

Customer Reviews

Little Black Book of Songwriting
A very straightforward to the point type of reading. This book has become one of my favorite reference books. Michael is my kind of author full of common sence and humor. You will not put this one down once you start reading it. Thanks Michael for a great read and valuable imformation. Bill Wren