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Songlab
- A Songwriting Playbook for Teens
- Narrated by: Alex Forbes
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Created exclusively with and for teen musicians, this hands-on, step-by-step program uses insight, enthusiasm, and humor to teach teens how to brainstorm ideas, craft effective lyrics, and put those lyrics to music.
An award-winning and Billboard-charting songwriter and teacher, Alex Forbes has taught dozens of teens via her Manhattan workshops and coaching sessions how to turn their thoughts and feelings into incisive, evocative songs. Her music has also been heard in feature films and on television shows like MTV’s smash teen docudrama The Hills.
Chapter by chapter, Alex goes through the basic elements of the craft, including song form and dynamics, lyrics and melodies, chord construction, and killer hooks. Filled with lots of fun exercises to strengthen your abilities and your confidence, Songlab is the ideal teen’s guide to making your songwriting dreams come true!
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- 11-27-14
Pay Attention: PDF workbook not provided
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This is a great audiobook, BUT what makes it only 1 star is that the workbook PDF mentioned time and time again during the different chapters and exercises IS NOT included in the Audible audiobook edition. So when the narrator keeps referring to the PDF exercises and sheets, the listener has to imagine it all.
That makes the whole difference; from being a potential instructional and inspirational audiobook with clear and concise call-to-actions it becomes a couple of hours of mere entertainment. That's to bad...
What was one of the most memorable moments of Songlab?
There are very good moments of motivation and brainstorming ideas, and good analytics tools as well.
What about Alex Forbes’s performance did you like?
The narrator is very engaged in the performance.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Songlab?
The last part about the music business and how to make money on songwriting is a bit to superficial and becomes obsolete; the mission of the book is more to get the audience to crank up their creative songwriting. When first the songs get rolling, the businiss part is its own project.
Any additional comments?
It remains a mystery to me - in this age of digital distribution - that a content provider is not able to provide essential - digital - content (a PDF) being of great importance to the audiobook...
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Not just for teenagers or beginners!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. I know numerous songwriters and people who aspire to be. The book has some brilliant suggestions on how to get ideas down on paper, developing them, and even advice on how to tackle the inner voice of discouragement that can plague songwriters who are over critical of their work.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Songlab?
For me it had to be the suggestions on getting songs ideas down. I'm a professional songwriter but have hit a wall of writer's block that I really needed to get over. I tried the techniques in this book, which are different to my normal methods, and things started to flow again.
Have you listened to any of Alex Forbes’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Nothing really emotional about it other than getting excited about trying out some of the ideas and techniques. Songwriting is a passion.
Any additional comments?
Great for beginners and professionals looking for some new ideas or just getting back to basics. Well written and very well presented. Not too long or complicated. A great springboard into the world of songwriting :)
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Basic Music Theory, 4th Edition
- How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music
- By: Jonathan Harnum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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What do all those lines and squiggles and dots mean? Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced music teacher using methods refined over more than 30 years in schools and in his private teaching studio. Lessons are fun, well-paced, and enjoyable.
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A very good portable and study anywhere book
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-17
By: Jonathan Harnum
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- By: John Powell
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.
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Nearly everyone will get something out of this!
- By Tim on 02-18-11
By: John Powell
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Processing Creativity
- The Tools, Practices and Habits Used to Make Music You're Happy With
- By: Jesse Cannon
- Narrated by: Jesse Cannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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For over a decade, Jesse Cannon has been pushing creative ideas in music. Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices and Habits Used to Make Music You're Happy With is the culmination of four years of poring over scientific studies, books and thoughts from top creators as well as his own experience to write a book every musician should listen to about what goes into making great music versus what bands do when they make a bad album.
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One of the Most Important Books for a Creative!
- By cole on 04-25-17
By: Jesse Cannon
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How to Write One Song
- Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
- By: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrated by: Jeff Tweedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn't so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants to experience more magic and creativity in their life? That's something that anyone will be inspired to do after listening to Jeff Tweedy's How to Write One Song. Why one song? The idea of becoming a capital-S songwriter can seem daunting, but approached as a focused, self-contained event, the mystery and fear subsides, and songwriting becomes an exciting pursuit.
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Practical and actionable recipes for songwriting
- By Dry Toast Fan on 11-20-20
By: Jeff Tweedy
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Music Theory
- A Practical Approach to Quickly Understand Music Theory in a Step-By-Step Way. Learn How to Read and Compose Music for Any Musical Instrument Moving from Beginner to Expert Effortlessly
- By: Ludwig Copson
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Music is based on some universal rules, the rules of harmony, intervals and proportions, that are all contained and explained clearly in this extraordinary audiobook. In this first part of the series, we will cover the absolute fundamentals of music theory and music reading. We will also cover first position basic chords and the first scale in C Major.
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badly written
- By Lorraine Pangle on 02-28-21
By: Ludwig Copson
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Inspiration for Great Songwriting: For Pop, Rock & Roll, Jazz, Blues, Broadway, and Country Songwriters
- A Cheat Sheet Book About Creativity with Form, Lyrics, Music, and More
- By: Tommy Gordon
- Narrated by: Dave Garner
- Length: 58 mins
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Yes, this book is designed entirely to share those secrets that will inspire you to write that great song that you know you can! And once the creativity really starts flowing, we'll create great habits and write even more, each and every day. Get down to writing the music and the lyrics you know that you can because writer's block is a fantasy. You just need inspiration.
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The book brushes shallowly through topics that should be discussed deeply.
- By Anonymous User on 10-01-18
By: Tommy Gordon
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Try This at Home
- Adventures in Songwriting
- By: Frank Turner
- Narrated by: Frank Turner
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Taking 36 songs from his back catalogue, folk-punk icon Frank Turner explores his songwriting process. Find out the stories behind the songs forged in the hedonistic years of the mid-2000s North London scene, the ones perfected in Nashville studios and everything in between. Some of these songs arrive fully formed, as if they've always been there; some take graft and endless reworking to find 'the one'. In exploring them all, Turner reflects with eloquence, insight and self-deprecating wit on exactly what it is to be a songwriter.
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A musthave for the Frank Turner fan.
- By Anonymous User on 03-29-19
By: Frank Turner
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Music Production 2022+ Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About Producing Music, Studio Recording, Mixing, Mastering and Songwriting in 2022 & Beyond
- By: Tommy Swindali
- Narrated by: Nathan Ashcroft
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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This audiobook collection will show you whether you want to build a studio, work in one, start a label, or just make better music. If you are a beginner, this audiobook will lead you in the right direction in the least amount of time. Or if you have some experience, you will definitely find new insights. Save yourself months of going through low quality YouTube tutorials, and get all the information you need in one place.
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For the complete starters
- By Muhammad Horton on 05-17-22
By: Tommy Swindali
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How Music Works
- By: David Byrne
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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How Music Works is David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological.
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An Examination of Music and Sound Unlike Any Other
- By Judi S. on 03-14-23
By: David Byrne
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Creative Quest
- By: Questlove
- Narrated by: Questlove, Fred Armisen, Tariq Trotter, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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In Creative Quest, Questlove synthesizes all the creative philosophies, lessons, and stories he's heard from the many creators and collaborators in his life, and reflects on his own experience, to advise listeners and fans on how to consider creativity and where to find it. He addresses many topics - what it means to be creative, how to find a mentor and serve as an apprentice, the wisdom of maintaining a creative network, coping with critics and the foibles of success, and the specific pitfalls of contemporary culture.
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Questlove once again is my fairy godmother
- By Richard on 04-26-18
By: Questlove
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Piano Lessons for Beginners: 4 in 1
- Beginner's Guide + Tips and Tricks + Simple and Effective Strategies + Advanced Strategies to Learn Piano Lessons
- By: Triumph Studio
- Narrated by: William Bahl
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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Topics like scales, arpeggios, and chromatic scales have been explained in such a way that you can understand these complex things easily. But what makes this book the most comprehensive one? It includes memorizing techniques, a brief history of piano, and short biographies of greatest pianists of all time. Another great thing about this book is that you can start playing chords almost instantly after listening to the very first chapter.
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I have played a lot of music in my life
- By Jose Long on 10-09-20
By: Triumph Studio
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The Practice of Practice: Get Better Faster
- By: Jonathan Harnum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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The focus of this book is music practice, but these techniques and mindsets can be applied to any skill you want to improve. The Practice of Practice covers essential practice strategies and mindsets you won't find in any other book. You'll learn what research tells us about practice, but more importantly, you'll learn how great musicians in many genres of music think about practice, and you'll learn the strategies and techniques they use to improve.
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Read the Book Instead
- By Jazz Doc on 11-24-16
By: Jonathan Harnum
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Strange Beautiful Music
- A Musical Memoir
- By: Joe Satriani, Jake Brown
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new horizon for the broader genre of instrumental guitar rock. Joe's six-string secrets have astounded listeners around the world for nearly 30 years. Featuring exclusive, firsthand interviews with Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music offers a unique look inside the studio with Joe, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal like never before.