Author: HIRSCHHORN, JOEL
Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting
Description: Alpha Books. 2004. (ISBN: 9781592572113). Paperback, 22.9 x 18.5 x 2 cm. Condition good. Isbn 1-59257-211-1, 1592572111. Written by an Oscar-winning and Grammy-nominated songwriter, this is an invaluable, comprehensive reference for anyone who wants to write their own songs. Whether you want to compose love ballads or commercial jingles, rock anthems or film themes, yours quo;ll find all the information you need. The author gives advice on everything from coming up with ideas and titles to production, working with agents and selling songs to artists. Chapters work through every element of the song writing process to help you give your budding hooks and melodies, rhythms and riffs their best chance of blooming into chart-topping, award-winning hits. Two-time Oscar-winning songwriter Joel Hirschhorn began his musical career as an RCA recording artist. As a key member of the Brill Building pop era, he wrote, with Al Kasha, a series of million-selling rock singles. Some of the artists who have recorded and performed his songs include Elvis Presley, Maureen McGovern, Aretha Franklin, The Chambers Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Mama Cass, Roy Orbison, Sheena Easton, blues legend Taj Mahal, Julian Lennon, and Charlie Rich. Hirschhorn's Hollywood years opened with songs from such films as The Cheyenne Social Club (featuring a collector's item duet pairing Henry Fonda and James Stewart) and Jack Lemmon's The April Fools. He later won Academy Awards for "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno. His score for Pete's Dragon and his song "Candle on the Water" received Oscar nominations. "I'd Like to Be You for a Day," his title tune from the Jodie Foster film Freaky Friday, was nominated for a Golden Globe. He received Tony nominations for two Broadway musicals: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Copperfield, starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Hirschhorn's career includes work as a scorer and orchestrator for prime-time specials starring Billy Preston, Frankie Valli, and Marilyn McCoo. His songs have been spotlighted in such motion pictures as Eyes Wide Shut, The Ice Storm, and Slums of Beverly Hills and television shows such as South Park and The Simpsons. He also scored several seasons of Knots Landing. The most recent of Hirschhorn's six books is the best-selling Titanic Adventure. He is presently a concert and theater critic for Variety. Used: Acceptable.

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