Shannon D. Smith

Strum, Hum and Write Your Own Songs: Songwriting Simplified Step by Step Shannon D. Smith

If you have ever wanted to write songs or were even curious about the craft, but didn't think you had it in you- think again because it's easier than most folks can believe if you have a methodical, step by step process to follow that covers every element of the process. Now you do!  Writing songs is no longer just a dream! You CAN learn to write songs by strumming and humming, even if, at the moment, you know nothing about playing guitar. First, I teach you everything about how to handle and strum a guitar- for complete beginners (tuning, restringing, various strumming patterns, etc.)!  If you already know how to play guitar, that's great- there's much more!Then I go into all the elements of songwriting, including the mindset you need, chord progressions, song structure, lyrics, melodies and more.  It's all here!Includes many chord diagrams (both traditional and power chords), charts and photos.  No reading music!  Not a lot of musical jargon!  

1. As a bonus, I also teach you these three fantastic musical extras: 1. How to use a guitar capo to be able to change keys with the same set of chords you are familiar with- easy and fast
2. How to instantly play easy blues harmonica (even if you've never held a harmonica before!) and to sound terrific right away!
3. How to quickly and easily find chords on a piano without a lot of theory!

THIS BOOK IS WORTH IT FOR THE BONUS MATERIAL ALONE!Learn how to write songs from a master with 25 years experience; someone with hundreds of songs written and copyright registered.  Be a participant in life.  Be a songwriter - now, there's no reason not to try.This is a one of kind book packed with an incredible amount of concise information that you can use right away- value packed![Note: This book is set at the MINIMUM ALLOWABLE AMAZON PRICE for this size of book- it's in a larger format so that you can easily see the chord diagram charts- literally a GIANT VALUE!]