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This article is from the Songwriting FAQ, by Greg Skinner gds@best.com.

34. What references exist for music theory, songwriting, the music business, etc?

There are many sources of information on these topics. Here are a few
you might find useful. Several are available on the Internet via the
WWW.

Davis, Sheila, THE CRAFT OF LYRIC WRITING, Writer's Digest Books,
1985

Davis, Sheila, THE SONGWRITER'S IDEA BOOK, Writer's Digest Books,
1992

Field, Shelley, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, Facts on
File Publications, 1990

Fields, Matthew H., "Gems of Compositional Wisdom", available via the
WWW at http://www.umich.edu/~fields/gems/0.htm

Josefs, Jai, WRITING MUSIC FOR HIT SONGS, Writer's Digest Books,
1989

Passman, Donald S., ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MUSIC BUSINESS,
Simon & Schuster, 1994

Piston, Walter F., HARMONY, W. W. Norton, 1978

Sabatella, Marc, "A Jazz Improvisation Primer" by Marc Sabatella",
available via the WWW at http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/ms-primer/

There are also several magazines you can read, such as Performing
Songwriter (which is geared towards folk music), and the Music
Connection (which features songwriters, producers, performers, and
others involved in the music business). Billboard Magazine is
generally considered to be essential reading for music industry
news.

 

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