Songwriting in Practice: Notebooks, Journals, Logs, Lists

by Mark Simos,

The Craft of Songwriting: Music, Meaning, and Emotion

by Scarlet Keys,

The Singer-Songwriter’s Guide to Recording in the Home Studio

by Shane Adams,

Songwriting Strategies: A 360-Degree Approach

by Mark Simos,

The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatles Years

by John Stevens,

The Songwriter’s Workshop: Melody

by Jimmy Kachulis,

The Songwriter’s Workshop: Harmony

by Jimmy Kachulis,

Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling

by Andrea Stolpe,

Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure: Tools and Techniques for Writing Better Lyrics

by Pat Pattison,

Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming – Second Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming for Poets and Lyricists

by Pat Pattison,

Beginning Songwriting: Writing Your Own Lyrics, Melodies, and Chords

by Andrea Stolpe,

Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs

by Jack Perricone,

Inside the Hits: The Seduction of a Rock and Roll Generation

by Wayne Wadhams,

Berklee in the Pocket: Essential Songwriter: Craft Great Songs & Become a Better Songwriter

by Jimmy Kachulis, Jonathan Feist,

Author Spotlight

Scarlet Keys

Scarlet Keys has been a full-time professor of songwriting at Berklee College of Music since 2003, teaching songwriting, lyric writing,…

Jimmy Kachulis

Jimmy Kachulis teaches songwriting and lyric writing at Berklee, conducts clinics nationwide, and has helped thousands of songwriters develop and…