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    The Addiction Formula: A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples
    The Addiction Formula: A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples
    The Addiction Formula: A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples
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    The Addiction Formula: A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples

    Written by Friedemann Findeisen

    Narrated by Friedemann Findeisen

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    About this audiobook

    Discover the songwriting technique used in 97% of all hit songs.

    How to use subtle psychological triggers to captivate any audience.

    Writing pop, rock, R&B, or hip-hop has never been easier or more fun.

    Master the art of writing addicting songs.

    Music is a tough industry to break into. With production gear being affordable for the first time in history, it seems like everyone is making music these days. Getting noticed in the continuous stream of information that is the Internet seems almost impossible.

    But: There is a technique designed specifically to captivate and hook an audience and with The Addiction Formula, you can learn it in a couple of hours. You will learn all about lyric-less storytelling, a technique used by the most successful songwriters of our time. If you've always wanted to know how to write songs that stick out and speak to a large audience, this is the book for you.

    The songwriting book for a new generation of songwriters.

    The 60s are over! Songwriting today is a very different experience than it was when the Beatles were on the air. By combining arrangement, harmony, melody, rhythm, lyrics and production in one deviously simple technique it is the first songwriting book that speaks to an all-writing, all-producing DIY generation.

    Includes over 317 techniques you will be able to use instantly.

    Part two of The Addiction Formula is almost like a dictionary of hit songwriting techniques. All the tools are hand-picked from hit songs of the past 30 years. But this book is far more than just a list of tips and tricks: The Addiction Formula also shows you how the techniques can be applied to your songs. It puts all of what you learn into perspective and shows you how they all fit together.

    With 331 examples including songs by Rihanna, Katy Perry, Drake and Maroon 5.

    Are you sick and tired of being taught techniques based on some old country song you've never heard of? One of my guidelines for writing this book was to only include hit songs from the past 30 years.

    Every single technique in The Addiction Formula is proven with one or more examples to show it in action and to help you learn it quickly and easy. I mean, hey, you get to learn by listening to the songs you listen to anyways! It's fun, quick, and practical.

    An Author's Republic audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateOct 17, 2017
    ISBN9781518968723
    The Addiction Formula: A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples

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    • 1/5
      As a profession songwriter, I was extremely disappointed with this book, it's just a load of talk about energy and manipulating emotion, there is no basis in music theory or any theory. If you know how to play, then perhaps you can use this advice to create soulless manufactured songs.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      awesome as a singer songwriter looking to devlop a wider fanbase i loved this book

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    • 5/5
      Valuable!!! The quality of my songs increased immediately. Good one

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    • 4/5
      Great book to start getting your head around the basics of song writing. Or even pick up a few new ones.
    • 5/5
      Hooooooooly cow. I’ve wanted to write songs for years now, but lacked any education on where to start or how to do any part of it. I needed this book so badly! And not only does he give the tools for composers of any skill level, he provides encouragement and psychological help to get me over the things that have kept me from getting off the starting line!! Thank you so much for this book!!!