{"id":4270,"date":"2014-04-25T07:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/04\/25\/backbeat-books-publishes-beating-songwriters-block\/"},"modified":"2014-04-25T07:39:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:39:58","slug":"backbeat-books-publishes-beating-songwriters-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/04\/25\/backbeat-books-publishes-beating-songwriters-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Backbeat Books Publishes Beating Songwriter\u2019s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musicmarcom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BeatingSongwritersBlock_cover.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"219\" height=\"147\" \/><br \/>Writing music gives musicians a kind of pleasure  that simply playing it cannot. Songwriters experience a deep sense of  satisfaction and pride when they create original songs.  However, many  will eventually get to a point of frustration where writing songs has  gone from being a love to being an aggravation: songwriter\u2019s block. This  phenomenon is a well-known problem among all musicians. Some talk about  it, others don\u2019t, but it\u2019s there, and it can be devastating.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p> Gary Ewer, the author of Beating Songwriter\u2019s Block, has seen top-level  musicians suffer from writer\u2019s block, and the utter lack of confidence  that it brings to the afflicted. This has led him to explore the subject  further, and he has identified several possible causes and levels of  severity. He developed a winning strategy outlined in Beating  Songwriter\u2019s Block that will lead the songwriter back to writing  confidently and successfully once again.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI have two intentions with this book: to cure the writer\u2019s block you\u2019re  experiencing right now, and to make sure it never comes back,\u201d Ewer  says.<\/p>\n<p> Research shows that a fear of failure is the ultimate cause of most  blocks. Fear sets in when numerous attempts to write music fail. But  what causes those failures? The evidence is clear that if songwriters  are waiting for inspiration to get back to writing songs, they&#8217;re  wasting time and possibly missing the cause of their block.<\/p>\n<p> Chapter by chapter, this book addresses likely causes of songwriter&#8217;s  block and presents solutions to each scenario, both for hobbyists and  professional songwriters alike. It helps the reader develop a  songwriting schedule, set songwriting targets that make sense, and deal  with debilitating fear. And, very importantly, it helps the reader more  fully understand the nature of good music by showing what each section  of a song is meant to do, from intro to outro. Included are songwriting  exercises that will help break the melody and lyric logjam.<\/p>\n<p> About the Author:<br \/> Gary Ewer is a composer, arranger, and music educator who has worked  with bands, choirs, and orchestras from his base in Nova Scotia, Canada.  He has also built up a considerable online following through his  acclaimed songwriting blog, garyewer.wordpress.com , and a range of  e-books.<\/p>\n<p> Beating Songwriter\u2019s Block<br \/> $24.99 (US)<br \/> Inventory #HL 00333749<br \/> ISBN: 9781617131028<br \/> Width: 10.0&#8243;, Length: 6.5&#8243;, 160 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: Backbeat Books<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing music gives musicians a kind of pleasure that simply playing it cannot. 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