Songwriting eBook: songwriting ideas, tips on songwriting

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Cheap Advice On Songwriting (Two-Tip Sample)
(ZIP file; includes two tips taken directly from the eBook plus mp3 files, chord charts, and lyric sheets for two of the songs used as examples.)

Cheap Advice On Songwriting is a new eBook packed full of ideas that will really kick-start your songwriting! And check this out. Most of the 60 tips are musically illustrated using 21 example songs (written by me) that are included with the eBook and can be played by clicking links in the text.

A chord chart and lyric sheet are provided for each song (also via links in the text) so that you can learn to play along if you wish and even (gasp) steal some of the ideas to use in your own songs!

Cheap Advice On Songwriting is divided into five chapters:

Chapter 1: Where To Get Starting Ideas For Lyrics
13 tips featuring novel sources of promising titles, song subjects, lines to use in your songs, and more. Eliminate the "where do I start" problem!

Chapter 2: Lyrical Patterns
11 tips concerning the use and structuring of lyrics in verses, choruses, bridges, and even within individual lines.

Chapter 3: Musical Patterns
12 tips about the musical aspects of song structure. The techniques described here can make a big difference in your songs.

Chapter 4: Spur Your Creativity
16 specific exercises to train and/or stimulate your mind to help you create new kinds of music. These will get you out of your rut for sure!

Chapter 5: Final Advice
8 general tips that didn't really fit anywhere else.

With the Full Edition you get all of this, 60 tips (on 100+ pages) plus 21 songs, all for a paltry $9.95! (Or just $6.95 for the Online mp3 Edition.) Even I can't believe it.

OK, does this sound good like a good deal? Before you decide, use this link to download the Two-Tip Sample Edition of Cheap Advice On Songwriting. This edition contains the Author Information and Introduction sections from the Full Edition, but contains only 2 tips instead of 60 and only 2 songs instead of 21. It is delivered as a zip file, just like the full version.

You might want to check out the songwriting articles on my website, Cheap Advice On Music. Just scroll down to the "Songwriting" section of the sidebar. Please note that the tips in this eBook are not found on the website, other than as brief Mini-Tips that summarize ideas discussed at greater length in the eBook. (The articles on the website tend to be on more general topics.)

Now, I'm just about positive that you will get a kick out of this book and that it will have you writing songs you never would have written without it. But who knows? It could be different for you. So, if you download the book but then decide you haven't received your money's worth, just let me know. Your money will be cheerfully refunded, as they used to say on TV!

Cheap Advice On Songwriting comes in two editions: the Full Edition and the Online mp3 Edition.

The Full Edition comes in a large (58 MB) download file and includes 21 mp3 files for the example songs in addition to RTF files (WordPad format) containing chord charts and lyric sheets for all of the songs.

The Online mp3 Edition is the same, except that the mp3 files are not included, making the download file much smaller (0.62 MB). Clicking the mp3 links in the eBook will access online copies of the songs. (You must be connected to the Internet to access the songs.)

The eBook itself is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat (a free program that you probably already have) to read it.

All right then. The Shopping Cart buttons below will lead you to Paypal for your credit card payment (you do not need to be a Paypal member). After payment is confirmed, you will immediately receive an e-mail containg a link for downloading your eBook. If anything goes wrong with any of this, please send me an e-mail and I'll straighten it out!

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Don't take my word for it!

Here's what reviewer Ed Teja (CourtTV, Discovery Channel) had to say in the Muse's Muse Songwriting Newsletter for February 2009:

A lot of songwriting books are by famous songwriters and are
intended to teach you how to write famous songs—hit songs. They
approach the subject with either a "how I do it" or "how all of
us successful songwriters do it" that packages the collective
wisdom of the famous songwriter and friends. There is great merit
in those books, especially if your intent is to write hit songs
and compete in the day to day music business. This ebook doesn't
use that kind of approach at all. Instead, Bendig assumes that
you want to write songs, probably are writing them already, and
just want to write more, better, and more diverse songs, without
keeping an eye on the Billboard charts. So it is a book of tips
that spur you into increased creativity...

Many of the tips you'll find here are common sense, some are
reassuring, and some could provide some real insight into your
own songwriting. Which are which, will depend on you and your
background and goals. One of the compelling things about this
book is that it encourages experimentation. Congratulations to
Bendig for keeping songwriting fun, rather than a too serious
chore.

Read the full review here.

Cheap Advice On Songwriting (Full Edition)
Size: 58 MB (mp3 files included)
(PDF format with support files; $9.95, immediate download)

(Requires Adobe Acrobat, free download here)

Cheap Advice On Songwriting (Online mp3 Edition)
Size: 0.62 MB (mp3 files not included, online access only)
(PDF format with support files; $6.95, immediate download)

(Requires Adobe Acrobat, free download here)

The Cheap Advice Guy is actually me, Mark Bendig. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and have been writing and recording my own songs since the 60s. In this eBook, I pass along some of the songwriting techniques and approaches that I have adopted over the years. I believe that they will be of benefit to others, even those who have already written many songs!