Contemporary Songwriting with Ableton Live and GarageBand (Music Pro Guides)

This book provides a method for integrating songwriting with music production, enabling students and experienced musicians to create and produce finished, original pop songs. Toby Koenigsberg presents an industry-standard process of songwriting in the context of popular digital audio workstations (DAWs): Apple’s GarageBand, for Mac users, and Ableton’s Live, for either Mac or PC users.It covers musical and lyrical aspects of songwriting while providing walkthroughs of the DAWs.No prior experience with songwriting or DAWs is required to use this book.It provides:- An end-to-end songwriting and music production experience - A clear explanation of elements of music, fundamental music theory, popular music song theory, and DAW tutorials - A wealth of multimedia, including dozens of song examplesNew to the 3rd edition:- Updated software images- Over 30 new song examples, including many songs from the 2020s- An expansive new appendix exploring songwriting theory with tutorials for applying m