Song Maps, Simon Hawkins
Song Maps, Simon Hawkins
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Song Maps
A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics

Author: Simon Hawkins

Narrator: Sandra Hawkins

Unabridged: 4 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2017


Synopsis

Whether you're just starting out as a songwriter, you're an experienced songwriter or just looking for a new perspective on the beautiful craft of songwriting, Song Maps – A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics offers fresh insights to help you write your very best lyrics.Does this sound familiar?You worry that the lyrics you write just don't deliver their full potential but can't figure out why, even though technically they tick all the right boxes.You have great ideas but your finished lyrics somehow fall short of the emotional impact you wanted and, as a result, your songs get passed over.You wonder how some professional songwriters always seem to get a particular dynamic in their lyrics, consistently writing songs better than 90% of what you hear on the radio.You are perhaps nervous about going into a pro co-writing session because you fear your ideas aren't worth bringing into the writing room.After writing an amazing hooky Chorus and a great supporting first Verse, you hit the dreaded wall that is "second verse curse".In Song Maps – A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics, I deliver simple, logical, well-defined solutions to these issues and more: I give you seven well-developed professional templates for you to bring your lyrics to life. I also provide you with a tried and tested process for writing lyrics using Song Maps. And I'll reveal the songwriter's secret weapon.As you assimilate Song Maps into your writing workflow, your songwriting will shift away from tentative, self-conscious, inhibited writing to strong, bold, intentional and vulnerable writing that does full justice to your original ideas, ultimately allowing you to make the impact you deserve as a songwriter.Let this book help you transform your lyric writing by using Song Maps in your workflow and take your song ideas to their ultimate potential by writing your best, truly golden, spectacular songs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Al on May 17, 2016

Excellent songwriter how to guide! Being a veteran of many songs written, some easier, some harder, it is terrific to now have a system for doing this. It never occurred to me that I was actually following this format unwittingly, but apparently I was. And far expands the process that I had intuitive......more

Goodreads review by Bryn on January 17, 2017

Song Maps are an excellent way for structuring one's creative energies into certain types of story songs. Having clear goalposts for each section and an overall plan can help writers take an idea to a catchy title and flesh it out into a nuanced work. I had issues with how this book was structured,......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on May 13, 2016

Learning from such a qualified expert was awesome! It is clearing laid out as you would expect from a book called Song Maps. As someone who is not in the profession but enjoys writing as a hobby, I found this book to be amazing.......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on May 15, 2016

Makes me think it's possible for (even) me to write songs.......more

Goodreads review by Wiley on December 02, 2020

I am so grateful to the author for sharing his enthusiasm, his craft, his tools. This is one long, poorly written, repetitive thesis that never once brings any supporting evidence to the table. Like a research paper that never synthesizes or follows thru with any of its claims. If you aren’t a total b......more