| | Jason Blume Jason Blume is the best-selling author of 6 Steps to Songwriting Success: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs, Inside Songwriting: Getting to the Heart of Creativity, and This Business of Songwriting, (all published by Billboard Books). Acknowledged as one of the world’s top songwriting instructors, Blume teaches workshops for BMI, IMRO, and the Nashville Songwriters Association and at conferences, colleges, and universities throughout the U.S. and in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ireland, the U.K., Canada, Bermuda, and Jamaica.
His songs are on Grammy-nominated albums and have sold more than 50,000,000 copies. One of only a few writers to ever have songs on the pop, country, and R&B charts, all at the same time--his songs have been recorded by diverse artists including Britney Spears, the Gipsy Kings, the Backstreet Boys, Jesse McCartney, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Scandinavian star Christian Ingebrigtsen, indie rockers “Escape from Earth,” and country stars including Collin Raye (5 cuts), the Oak Ridge Boys, and John Berry (“Change My Mind,” a top 5 single that earned a BMI “Million-Aire” Award for garnering more than one million airplays). His songs have been included in films and television shows including “Scrubs,” “Friday Night Lights,” Disney’s “Kim Possible” and “First Kid,” MTV’s “Next Thing,” “MVP,” “Dangerous Minds,” “Kickin’ it Old Skool,” “Fame,” “The Guiding Light,” and many more.
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JASON BLUMETHE SECRETS TO SUCCESS IN NASHVILLE
Is there a Nashville "formula"? You bet there is! Master the lyric and melodic tools and techniques that are the foundation of today's country music. Learn the biggest misconceptions about writing for "Music Row"--and how to write the songs publishers, producers, A&R, and artists want.
Includes analysis of the melodies, lyrics, and demos of Nashville's biggest hits and a checklist to see if you're nailing it.
* * * WARNING--YOUR MELODIES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME: A MELODY MASTER CLASS w/JASON BLUME Create melodies listeners CAN’T forget; publishers want to publish – and artists want to sing. Fifteen non-technical, concrete, easy-to-master tools to take your melodies to the next level. You’ll never look at your melodies the same way. No knowledge of music theory or ability to play an instrument required for this class – OR TO WRITE HITS!
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: I KNOW I've Got Great Music --Now What Do I Do?
Learn how & why to get a publisher -- and how to be your own publisher. Learn: what publishing really means; pitching your own music for Film/TV; how to know who is looking for songs and artists—and how to get to them; understand performance & mechanical royalties—and learn how to earn them. PRODUCING DEMOS THAT SHOW THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR SONGS Topics include: How and When to Record a Demo; Identifying What’s Right for Your Song; Estimating Appropriate Budgets; Analyzing Demos of Hit Songs; Incorporating "Signature Licks," Using Demo Services vs. Self-Producing, and more ...
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