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88 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them: Concrete Ways to Improve Your Songwriting and Make Your Songs More Marketable [Paperback]

Pat Luboff (Author), Pete Luboff (Author)
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Publication Date: March 1992
Eighty-eight ways to spot what's wrong with a song, point out pitfalls and supply solutions every measure of the way.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Credibility Lacking May 10 2003
By "gmstudio01"
Format:Paperback
Some decent information in here, but most of it is common sense. The deceptive title doesn't help matters, either. "88 Songwriting Wrongs" implies 88 specific items to help your songwriting, but you don't get 88, unless you consider items such as "Don't Send Songs By Certified Mail" or "Don't Send Songs To A Company Without A Specific Person's Name" as invaluable songwriting tips. (Yes, those are 2 of your 88 songwriting wrongs.)

When the authors do address specific songwriting mistakes, they do provide some good information, but there is a definite "The more you know about music theory, the worse you're going to do as a songwriter" attitude...there's a definite bias against formal music training, as if the authors feel the need to defend their own lack of training, and attack it as a negative quality in the songwriting world. (Tip #28 is where they really lose all credibility.) It would be one thing if this was Lennon/McCartney writing this book, or Taupin/Elton John...but the authors themselves have only a couple of minor songwriting credits themselves (one for Patty LaBelle, of which they remind you about on every other page, seemingly.)

The book is not a total waste, but it's certainly not the be-all and end-all in songwriting aides. You'll learn more about songwriting by studying the actual masters than by reading this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can't say enough good things about this book Feb 27 2003
By Michael
Format:Paperback
First off the style in which it was written is really cute. It was lighthearted and extremely fun to read. My favorite thing about it was the little stories it had. Things I never knew, that really inspired me. I liked reading about how famous songs were rejected over and over before getting signed and recorded. If you're feeling rejection or dispair, this book will definitely pick you up. It contains great information on writing lyrics. If only it had some more info on the music part of songwriting. The stories are funny and entertaining and the information is really good. I think this book is absolutely mandatory for any songwriter! I don't give many 5 stars but this book gets 5 easily!
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4.0 out of 5 stars equally good and bad Aug 3 2002
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
well, this book is good in how it shows you some of the basic mechanics of songwriting. so this book is good if you are looking to be a songwriter. if you are an artist, it will probably be both seductive and repulsive at the same time. so get it, read it, take the parts you like and use it. and as for the rest, well, you know the saying... love thy enemy.
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