Songwriting: The Art of Words: Resources
American Songwriter Magazine
Practice, Practice, Practice
And the Writer is... Podcast
Soundbank Solutions
AudioJungle
Envato Market
PremiumBeat
Shutterstock
Music Supervisor
People who source music for projects
Sync Licensing - Songs used within visual media
Taxi
Independent A&R (Artist & Repertoire) service
Things that Make you Go Hmm...
Song Structure
One example (click to enlarge)
Song Structure Examples Covered in the Class (click song title to see pdf. Note check your downloads folder if you don't see the pdf open immediately)
- "Live the Life" - Lyrics
“Live The Life” written by R. Medeiros /J . Medeiros/J. Saenz - "Beat It" - Lyrics"Beat It" written by M.Jackson
- "Careless Whisper" - Lyrics"Careless Whisper" written by G.Michael and A.Ridgeley
- "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Lyrics"Don't Worry, Be Happy" written by B. McFerrin
- "I Shot the Sheriff" - Lyrics"I Shot the Sheriff" written by B. Marley
- "Shape of You" - Lyrics"Shape of Lyrics" written by Ed Sheeran
- "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Lyrics"Sweet Child O' Mine" written by A. Rose S. Hudson, D. McKagan, S.Adler, I.Stradlin
Additional Song Structure Info.
Songwriting Camp Article
Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)
Garage Band Operating system: macOS
Apple Logic Pro X Operating system: macOS
Ableton Live Operating system: Microsoft Windows, macOS
Tools
Songwriting Community
NSAI South Florida -Nashville Songwriters Association International
Facebook Group
SongTown
Membership based songwriting community
Florida Songwriter Association
Florida Songwriters Association, Inc. 501 (c) (3) Non–For–Profit dedicated to motivating and educating both aspiring and professional songwriters throughout the State of Florida and beyond.
Microphone
Dynamic Microphone - IK Multimedia iRig MIC HD 2 IK Media
Practice with Chords
Story Behind the Song
Things to Know
Career Advice
CreativeLive
Girls Make Beats
Girls Make Beats (GMB) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers girls by expanding the female presence of music producers, DJs, and audio engineers. GMB was founded in 2012 by certified audio engineer, Tiffany Miranda.
Other Guides
