Recommended Reading

Songwriter's Market (published annually by Writers Digest Books)

All You Need to Know about the Music Business (Don Passman; Simon & Schuster, 2000)

The Craft of Lyric Writing (Sheila Davis; Writers Digest Books, 1985)

88 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them (Pete and Pat Luboff; Writers Digest Books, 1994)

Your First Cut (Jerry Vandiver, Gracie Hollombe; 11/22 Publishing, LLC, 2002)

Writing Music for Hit Songs (Jai Josefs; Music Sales Corp., 2000)

The Essential Songwriter's Contract Handbook (NSAI, 1994)

Soul of a Writer (Susan Tucker; Journey Publishing Co., 1996)

Guitar Pull (Phillip Self; Cypress Moon Press, 2002)

Songwriters on Songwriting (Paul Zollo; DeCapo Press, 1997)

Songs in the Rough (Stephen Bishop; St. Martin's Press, 1996)

How to Make Money: Scoring Soundtracks and Jingles (Jeffrey P. Fisher; MixBooks, 1997)

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