Ask any record company A&R person, artist manager, or record producer what they’re looking for, and you’ll only get one answer: “Hits! We need...
more Ask any record company A&R person, artist manager, or record producer what they’re looking for, and you’ll only get one answer: “Hits! We need hits!” Through a combination of text and interviews with top music executives, producers and songwriters, this book will teach aspiring songwriters how to construct the kind of songs that open doors, create careers, and communicate to listeners around the world. By offering a definition of a “hit” that is specific, musical, and also attuned to the realities of the radio and record business, the book will develop and focus readers’ songwriting skills, and enable them to respond successfully to the call for "hits only, please." Most importantly, this book will unveil the formula that creates a successful song—that perfect balance between the comfort of the familiar and the shock of the unexpected. Drawing upon the advice of successful writers from the past and present, the wisdom of experienced A&R professionals, and the author’s first-hand knowledge of both the creative process and the demands of the record business, it will demystify the music industry’s ultimate challenge: the creation of that chart-topping, “breakthrough” song.
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