Ever wonder what it takes to be a professional songwriter? Explore Cliff Goldmacher's insights on the business of songwriting, such as getting a publishing deal and writing a hit. Ever wonder what it takes to be a professional songwriter? If you want to generate income from your songs, you've got to know the rules of the music business. In this interview, professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher shares his insights on the industry, including moving...

"A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author Tori Amos. Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos has been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and a Gun" to her post-September 11...

"Shawn Mendes was only fifteen years old when he became an online singing sensation. Within a few years, he quickly progressed to become an international superstar. Readers meet Shawn through well-researched, accessible information on his life and accomplishments. The high-interest text is enhanced with full-color photographs, a timeline, and direct quotes from Shawn himself. This book invites leisure reading, as well as supports the social studies...

Want to know how to become a songwriter? Cliff Goldmacher shows what it takes to make it in the music business as a professional songwriter. Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he shares his insights on the songwriting process and on what it takes to make it in the music business as a songwriter. He begins by discussing how to write, edit, and finish songs: starting from a title or lyrical hook, a melodic idea, a chord progression or...

Dad is bringing his daughter to bed, when she suddenly says "I can do this myself. I'm a big girl now." As the dad stands and watches his daughter climb the stairs his life begins to flash before his eyes: growing up, driving, getting married, it all comes at him so fast. Dad is standing there, lost in thought when his daughter reaches the top of the stairs, turns back to him and says, "Well, aren't you going to come tuck me in?" Includes lullabies...

Every police precinct has a case that defies explanation and evades solution. Recently promoted Captain Yohan Vivès faces such an elusive mystery when he investigates the gruesome murder of a young woman named Clara in the French town of Grenoble. It is clear that the attack was premeditated, and the violent nature of the crime suggests revenge. All the evidence points towards a scorned ex-lover, but which one? Vivès' team methodically digs through...

Provides biographical information on important figures in today's musical arena, covering artists working in all genres of modern music, including rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae.

Provides biographical information on important figures in today's musical arena, covering artists working in all genres of modern music, including rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae.

Provides biographical information on important figures in today's musical arena, covering artists working in all genres of modern music, including rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae.