Contemporary Songwriting with Ableton Live and GarageBand
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:1st Oct '26
£36.99
This title is due to be published on 1st October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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 examples
New 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 more advanced techniques
- Enhanced instructions for changing dissonant notes to consonant notes and for using Tambourine, Shaker, and Vocal loops in GarageBand
- More chord progression options and added safeguards against overlooking project extraction and the installation of Live Packs in Ableton
Developed in consultation with charting popular music industry experts – with credits including writing, producing, and mixing for Elton John, Steve Aoki, Desiigner, Backstreet Boys, 24kGoldn, Krewella, Chelsea Cutler, French Montana, and many more – this book presents a clear and detailed song creation process that can be easily adapted to suit individual artistic goals.
Contemporary Songwriting with Ableton Live and GarageBand covers the core elements of the tunesmith’s craft in a way that greatly benefits songwriters at every skill level. Koenigsberg’s approach of combining songwriting with music technology is a brilliant strategy for meeting the needs of the modern practitioner. Songwriters of every stripe are sure to find success by interacting with the masterful design of this insightfully engaging book. -- Kevin D. Kelleher * Assistant Professor of Music Industry Studies, Athens State University, USA *
Toby Koenigsberg has crafted an excellent resource that is extremely clear, informative, and yet very musical. This book allows students of all experience levels the opportunity to tap into their creative processes. -- Matt Pivec * Professor of Music/Director of Jazz Studies, Butler University, USA *
Koenigsberg’s book effectively lays out the specifics of songwriting with current sequencing software and in an easily digestible format and pace in which students can be successful. This book provides them with multiple opportunities to realize their original ideas while also improving their songwriting skills with each new session. -- Bill Withem * Assistant Professor of Music, Commercial Music Program, Nova Southeastern University, USA *
ISBN: 9798216440130
Dimensions: 252mm x 176mm x 26mm
Weight: 700g
360 pages
3rd edition