Lānaʻi Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA)
Songwriting resources
Songwriting Handouts
Songwriting links and websites:
www.songtownpress.com-- Reference videos for Mastering Melody Writing book
—videos on music production for songwriters “Beat Making for Songwriters”
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There are great 2 interactive books and one program called Hookpad:
The hookpad program lets you create full songs with chords and melody works best on a computer or tablet. It’s fun and easy to use—to get you started you can check out the video tutorials:
https://www.hooktheory.com/videos
There’s also this link which is cool and shows popular chord progressions and lists all the songs that use each one:
https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/common-chord-progressions
Rhyming dictionaries:
www.rhymezone.com, www.rhymedesk.com
www.masterwriter.com (login: lanaiacademy@gmail.com, password: lapa2021
Poetry writing:
https://www.titlemax.com/articles/road-trip-activities-for-the-car-poetry-writing/
Educational songwriting sites:
Sync licensing for TV/Film:
www.tunefinder.com (you can find out what songs are on any TV show/film)
iSpot.TV —all ads and TV commercials
www.broadjam.com (click “see music licensing opportunities”)
https://songtown.com/how-to-write-songs-for-sync-licensing/
Hire music producers, vocalists, etc.