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Here's your personal introduction to the most versatile song charting system ever created, the Nashville Number System. Used for decades by the world's top studio musicians, the Number system allows you to chart an entire song for the whole band on a single sheet of paper in about five minutes! Whether you are a musician trying to break into the competitive world of session playing, a songwriter looking for a quick way to document your songs, or you're just looking for a better way to communicate musically with your band, this system is exactly what you need. The book includes a CD with more than 90 musical examples recorded by some of the world's best session musicians. They will guide you through the Number system from its basic concepts to the most intricate nuances. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to take what you have learned and jam along with fully-produced tracks that have been custom-mixed for guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums. Written by Jim Riley, the drummer for Rascal Flatts! Song Charting Made Easy will very simply change the way you think about music.

This little kit gives you everything you need to do a memorable unit on song writing with your lower elementary classes. Provides detailed lesson plans for each session in the unit, and reproducible photocopy masters for the sheets you will use with your class. For Gr. 1-3.

Be a song expert with this handy book from renowned archivists Record Research that lists all the significant songs and essential hits from 1955 to the present. Also included are recommended playlists of each half-decade's biggest hits, as well as compilation suggestions for many types of events, activities, and moods, including road trips, stadium/sports, weddings, workouts, Christmas, and much more. New categories this year includes Hot Video Clips and new artists that charted in 2006-07.

This is the accompaniment and full performance CD that matches the exciting collection of 8 authentic folk songs and games by Cheryl Lavender. Comes complete with teaching and performance suggestions, instrumental accompaniments, and movement patterns. These songs, arranged for 2-Part, 3-Part, and 4-Part Treble voices, were gathered during her 'teacher to teacher' trip to South Africa in October of 1996. Songs include: 'Impuku Nekati', 'Ra Sila Mielie', 'Thula Thu'', 'Mangwani Mpulele', 'Singabahambayo', 'Siyahamba', 'Jikel' Emaweni', 'N'kosi Sikelel' I Afrika'. Available: Song Collection, CD (Performance/Accompaniment). For All Ages!

Experience the music, the history and culture of the rainbow children of South Africa with this exciting collection of 8 authentic folk songs and games by Cheryl Lavender. Comes complete with teaching and performance suggestions, instrumental accompaniments, and movement patterns. These songs, arranged for 2-Part, 3-Part, and 4-Part Treble voices, were gathered during her 'teacher to teacher' trip to South Africa in October of 1996. Songs include: 'Impuku Nekati', 'Ra Sila Mielie', 'Thula Thu'', 'Mangwani Mpulele', 'Singabahambayo', 'Siyahamba', 'Jikel' Emaweni', 'N'kosi Sikelel' I Afrika'. Available: Song Collection, CD (Performance/Accompaniment). For All Ages!

The updated version of this previously published book will tell you all you need to know about becoming the next Lennon and McCartney. You'll learn exactly what to expect when working with another songwriter and how to make your co-writing arrangement work. Carter offers an insightful look at how to find a partner, sharing success and rejection, where to get ideas, and much more.

This book reveals the inherent relationship between personality type, brain function and writing style. Includes 40 proven songwriting strategies - guaranteed to spark songwriters' imaginations. 240 pages. 6x9.

This is the only book written for songwriters from the viewpoint of a music publisher. Veteran music publisher Dude McLean presents the how-to of getting your songs recorded. It's the art and craft of songplugging from the perspective of a veteran music publisher who's been pitching, and been pitched to, for years. McLean's experience covers every aspect of music publishing, including representing, securing record deals for, administrating for, and having songs recorded or written by everyone from Ray Charles to Whitney Houston, ZZ Top to Twisted Sister, and Johnny Cash to Tanya Tucker The Songwriter's Survival Guide to Success - How to Pitch Your Songs covers every aspect of songplugging with proven step-by-step procedures. It deals with the how, when, why, and to whom to pitch, details how to find and keep contacts, how to get to artists, and how to connect with a good music publisher. Outlines procedures for getting your songs recorded; a songwriter's dream survival guide; and the pyschology and how-to of marketing yourself to music-business decision makers.

Songwriting and the Creative Process is a complete guide to developing songwriting skills from inception of the idea to completing the song.

An excellent and essential primer for the aspiring tunesmith, Songwriting: The Words, the Music & Money offers authoritative tips on everything from basic song forms to the hard facts of succeeding in the music business. In between, veteran songwriter Dick Weissman shares his insights into composing effective lyrics, melodies and hooks, as well as detailed breakdowns of every musical style from folk to cabaret to hip hop. The first book on the topic to be accompanied by a CD covering all the musical concepts explored within, this is an invaluable resource for anyone engaged in the serious study of songwriting. No knowledge of musical notation is required. Dick Weissman is an Associate Professor of Music Business Management at the University of Colorado, and the former National Education Coordinator for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.