• Songwriting Journal: Make Your Songs Real
  • Inside the journal: lyrics page
  • Inside the journal: staff and chords page
  • Inside the Songwriting Journal: Where your journey begins, with tips on rhyme schemes, song sections and how to use the book
  • Inside the Songwriting Journal: a blank song spread with a song name, lyric lines, a staff and chord boxes to fill in
  • Inside the Songwriting Journal: close up of How to use this book, showing lyric boxes with chords, chord boxes and the staff
  • Inside the Songwriting Journal: close up of the staff and the Chords to remember boxes on every song page
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Songwriting Journal: Make Your Songs Real

Songwriting Journal: Make Your Songs Real

Make your songs real: keep lyrics, melodies and chords in one place.

  • Lined pages for lyrics, staff pages for melodies
  • Fret diagrams for guitar fingerings
  • Prompts from songwriting masters to spark ideas

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Make your songs real.

Lined left-hand pages for lyrics. Staffed right-hand pages for melodies. Fret diagrams for guitar fingerings. This journal helps you create, keep, and organize your songs, so nothing gets lost and more songs get finished.

Keep every song, so nothing gets lost

  • A mix of lined pages for lyrics, staff pages for music, and fret diagrams
  • Tips, prompts, and words of wisdom from songwriting masters to spark ideas
  • Room to write tons of songs
  • Paper that takes pen or pencil beautifully
  • Sturdy binding that protects your work

Made for songwriters who want to finish more songs

  • Songwriters who lose lyrics in phone notes and loose paper
  • Guitar players who want chords, words, and melodies in one place
  • Anyone who wants to finish more songs

89 pages. 8.5 x 11 in (21.6 x 27.9 cm). Printed on demand and shipped to your door.

About the author. Dan Spencer is a composer, OST creator, author and coach.

He teaches the practical path from idea, or no ideas, to finished music you can actually play, write, understand, and ship.

How it works, in 3 easy steps

  1. Write the lyric on the left page.
  2. Write the melody on the staff page.
  3. Add the chords, then finish the song.

Book details
FormatPaperback, printed on demand for your order
Pages89
Size8.5 x 11 in (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Weight244 g (8.6 oz)
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