Record your music

Cakewalk SONAR X1 Essential DAW is your key to creating original music on your Windows PC. Experience the powerful and intuitive Cakewalk SONAR X1 environment - the same environment use in profession studios everywhere - for an incredible low price. The streamlined SONAR X1 Skylight environment keeps you locked in your creative zone, putting powerful tools at your command that you need to take your ideas and turn them into complete songs. Skylight combines the flexibility responsible for making SONAR one of the most popular DAWs with a MultiDock toolbar that keeps all of SONAR X1's modules right at your fingertips. Instantly call up the track view for recording or the MIDI editor for sequencing, then switch to the Matrix and lay down a pattern - all without surfing through complicated menus. There's no complicated setup to deal with, clunky user interface to master, or anything else to get between you and your music. All for only $98.95

Musicians guide to making selling CDs

The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own CD's & Cassettes by Jana Stanfield. Paperback. 160 pages. You pull up to the concert hall and crowds are waiting to hear your music. Fans prowl local record stores for your latest album. Your fans are many, your rejections few. Sound like the music life you've dreamed about? Then live it. In The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own CD's & Cassettes, Jana Stanfield shows you how to produce your own albums and make your own music career. You don't need a shelf full of Grammys to be a successful songwriter, singer or musician. Here, you'll learn how to define your own "outrageous success," and how to have the musical freedom that comes along with producing your own albums. Thank you for your interest in DC Music. With a friendly sales staff we'll do our best to provide you excellent service along with the lowest price. Feel free to contact us with any other information you might need. Sale priced at $14.95

Booking promoting and marketing

Join the indie revolution! This book will be your constant reference for recording, booking, managing, promoting and selling your music. Perfect for all genres of music, and for people already working as musicians, just starting out, or representing a band. Covers: booking great gigs, marketing your music and selling`` thousands of albums, managing bands, professional band promotion, and much more! Just $23.95

Write songs from scratch

Ever wanted to write your own song? Ever wondered what it is you love about some songs, but hate about others? This book will show you. Written by an expert songwriter and recorded by top artists, Write Songs from Scratch is the ideal choice for any aspiring songwriter. Comes with a CD! Just $27.95

Free songwriting tips!

Enjoy free songwriting tips. Rewriting songs, making melodies, what to do with your songs and various other songwriting tips are all available here. View many songwriting books here

Complete music store online!

When you need equipment contact DC Music Store. DC Music is a Christian business that has all you need including songwriting books, recording equipment, instruments and more all at guaranteed low prices. DC Music is "The musician's Store."
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Rhyming dictionary

One of the most basic and fundamental things a songwriter must have is a rhyming dictionary. Give yourself more options that night/light and all the other tired cliche rhymes for only $14.99

Songwriting fundamentals book

"Discover the true joy of songwriting when you understand the fundamentals used in many successful songs!" This book covers songwriting from A to Z. It is the perfect book for those starting out in songwriting as well as the intermediate and advanced writers looking to improve their songwriting skills. Each section is clearly labeled and easy to find. No other book covers the songwriting fundamentals as completely as this book does. View more information and ordering options here

View a wide selection of songwriting books on sale here. It is amazing how fast your songs will improve once you learn the basics and fundamentals of song writing. Many people pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to school or at seminars when you can get that information from a book much less expensively. Click here to view our songwriting book selection.

Songwriting basics
Writing melodies
Stay out of the corner
Using Real audio
Tension and release
Recording with PC's
Now what with my song?
Copyrighting 101
Rewriting your songs