Complete Songwriting Manual: A comprehensive songwriting manual for beginners to professionals

by Paul den Arend, Salvatore Benintende

This book will teach you how to write a catchy song. You will learn everything you need to know about writing your own professional songs. ========================================The book comes with free downloadable example mp3's========================================Thisbook provides you with a proven method for writing songs. We don’t believe in relying on talent or inspiration. We believe songwriting is a craft that can be mastered with a bit of work. It is not so hard to write an inspired song. Anyone can do it.Even though the course is not very hard to follow, our whole method is based on centuries of teaching musical theory. Mozart and Paul McCartney learned the rules of songwriting and so can you! Over the years our method has proven to work every time.Our section on melody is what sets our course apart. We will give you no vague language or talk about inspiration or staring at the moon. Writing a great melody is nothing hard. There are just some rules you must follow. These rules have been well known to classical composers for centuries, but for some reason, modern songwriters seem to have forgotten them. This course uses these simple rules to teach you how to write a great, catchy melody.You don’t need any musical background for this course. This e-book will be of great help to musicians and aspiring songwriters of any level. We all know these musicians that are amazing instrumentalists, but when it comes to writing songs, they stink. With this course, you will become a great songwriter, regardless of your initial musical skills.This book provides you with clear exercises that will make you understand the material really fast. You just need a few hours a week to tremendously improve you songwriting in just months. Try for yourself!

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 19, 2014

About the author

Paul den Arend grew up in the Netherlands and has been travelling for most of his adult life. He studied art history in Salamanca, Spain, wrote reports for the Dutch Embassy in Santiago de Chile and studied Chinese in China. In between, he has been working as a tour guide. For many years he lived in Rome, Italy and guided groups of all backgrounds through the city. He has been a guide in the Vatican Museums, Saint Peter's and the Galleria Borghese, but he also loves to show groups around Sicily or Tuscany. His guidebooks reflect a profound love for the Eternal City and the many stories about its beautiful piazza's and landmarks.