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    The 360 Degree Songwriter
    The 360 Degree Songwriter
    The 360 Degree Songwriter
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    The 360 Degree Songwriter

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    There is a song; and there is a Hit Song. Which one do you want to write? Are you a Hit Song Maker? This book analyzes what is a “Hit Song”, covering my Hit Song Recipe - a collection of special ingredients that makes up the “Hit Song” sauce. This analysis will help you as a songwriter gain a clearer path on how to write a “Hit” song and why you should at least write one for your catalog. Who knows, once you get hooked, you may realize that all your songs can be Hits!

    But songs aren’t Hits just in the writing. This book focuses not just on songs, but you as the songwriter. This is where my coined phrase, “the 360o (Degree) Songwriter” comes into play. You’ll discover the mindset you need in order to write the Hit songs, deliver them to the ears and minds, and jettison them, and you, towards success. You’ll also receive tips on marketing, branding and networking in the music business, including an in-depth chapter on licensing and publishing your songs.

    By the end of this book, you’ll have your Writing Recipe book, and you’ll be able to determine whether you're up to playing the music business game to succeed as a professional, consummate, 360o Songwriter. Through my carefully crafted strategies, you’ll give your SONG the BEST SHOT. Actually, a SLAM DUNK.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGilli Moon
    Release dateOct 24, 2015
    ISBN9781311153104
    The 360 Degree Songwriter
    Author

    Gilli Moon

    The quintessential Renaissance woman, GILLI MOON is an award-winning international recording artist, singer, songwriter, pianist, actor, author, TV host, motivational speaker, coach, visual artist - the ultimate Artist Entrepreneur.Based on her career successes and understanding of the entertainment industry, she has written several books about artistic entrepreneurial excellence and is often asked to speak about her self-made career at events globally, inspiring artists around the world who follow in her footsteps to GET OUT THERE and make it happen for themselves.Recently, Gilli became a new mommy of twins, and often writes about this new chapter in her life, with inspiring wisdoms for other mothers, especially those who seek empowerment and artistic expression.As a certified professional coach, her clients come from a cross section of artists, business owners and individuals who seek a higher purpose, greater passion and ultimate success following gilli's self-empowerment and creative expression strategies. She believes in lighting a fire in your heart & mind, and steer you on a positive, dynamic and action-filled direction.Gilli is always connected to her artistry. With her own #1 independent record label she has released many albums and continues to perform all over the world.Visit her website at www.gillimoon.com for more about Gilli's art, writing and life.

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      The 360 Degree Songwriter - Gilli Moon

      THE 360º SONGWRITER

      The WHOLE-istic Approach to Becoming a Hit Maker

      by

      Gilli Moon

      eBOOK EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Warrior Girl Music & Media

      Copyright © 2016 by Gilli Moon

      Copyright © 2016 by Gilli Moon. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in whole or part in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or digital, without written consent from the publisher, except for inclusion of brief quotation in a book or media review.

      Author Gilli Moon

      Published by Warrior Girl Music Enterprises

      www.warriorgirlmusic.com

      Edited by Karen Borger

      This book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases, either paperback or ebook, for information contact the publisher above.

      eBook Edition License Notes:

      This eBook is licensed for you only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to gillimoon.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      To keep updated on the latest happenings with Gilli Moon, be informed when new releases become available, or to ask questions and have discussions with the author and other readers, visit and Like the author’s Facebook Fan Page

      OR VISIT GILLI MOON’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND COACHING WEBSITE

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      WHAT THEY SAY

      I commend you for producing a work that empowers the individual. It's not just anyone who will take the time, invest the creative energy, and actually follow through on the plan for such an endeavor. I hope you take pride in what you have already accomplished... live with passion.

      Tony Robbins, motivational speaker and author 

      Author Gilli Moon gives down-to-earth, hard-news-type advice with no promises of success unless you are willing to get down and dirty.  Along with sage advice, however, Moon prefaces her get-tough, get-working advice with all things encouraging.

      Marilyn Dalrymple, Antelope Valley Art News, California 

      Her writing is ‘emotional soul food’ that many times is needed on our bookshelves, so that we can always come back and get the needed energy from every single word that Gilli Moon is offering us from her own experience as an Artist who found her identity and didn’t lose it.  

      Suzi Z. Brathwaite, Musicdish.com  

      Gilli Moon is an unrelenting creator of music and creative community. Her performances as musician-singer/songwriter-performer are a treat in and of themselves. She is constantly creating her own cutting edge and leading the world community with her forward vision of artistic renaissance.

      Jeannie Deva, vocal coach

      Gilli is a hard working, talented lady who has spent years promoting and advocating artists' rights. Songsalive! not only promotes artists but also spends time educating artists. And she's a wonderful person too! I hold Gilli in the highest regard, and know whatever she pursues she does it well!

      Sindee Levin, Music Attorney

      Ms. Moon gives the reader encouragement, as well as practical suggestions that break down into small steps exactly what it takes. She guides us through mind sets that can turn into obstacles and presents the type of attitudes that can achieve goals. Most enlightening is her perspective that each person can become their own industry and actually profit from their dream.

      Bernard Baur, Music Connection Magazine.

      One of the best ways creative people can discover a blue- print for prosperity is to absorb and emulate the strategies of successful artists. Gilli Moon is one of those artists. Gilli bares her soul and shares the attitudes and actions it takes to make a true impact as a professional artist.

      Bob Baker, Author of Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook

      Gilli Moon was out there in the trenches as an Indie long before that term became popular. But what is far more important is that Gilli Moon teaches us a lesson even more valuable than all the fame and fortune, and that is how to achieve a creative lifetime of happiness and self-fulfillment by learning to define success on your own terms.

      Anders R. Jermstad, independent editor and musician

      Coaching clients:

      Gilli Moon helps you to develop a practical and comprehensive logistical plan to marketing your music. However her real power lies in delving into your attitudes, belief systems and ultimate dreams in life which will ultimately decide the success or failure of your efforts. She understands the process, the challenges, and the attitudes one must have in order to thrive in this pursuit.

      Linda Bonadies

      Her strength and inspiration are amazing. She is an artist that takes care of business and that ain’t no lie. She knows what needs to be done and how to remain empowered while you are doing it.

      Colleen McCullough

      An artist herself, she understands the creative life and what it takes. But more than just an artist, Gilli is skilled at coaching other artists to help realize their vision. Gilli has developed tools that help you focus and keep you on track while recognizing your accomplishments. Not only did I accomplish what I set out to accomplish, I feel I developed a genuine friendship in the process

      Patricia Bahia

      Gilli has helped me to develop my business foundation and create a business and marketing plan to grow it. She is inspirational not only with how she has created and modeled her entrepreneurial business but also how she generously shares her information with others. Throughout her Artist career she has collected and developed resources which she freely shares with private clients, in workshops and through Songsalive! These have all been phenomenal resources to develop my business foundation and create a business and marketing plan to grow it. She has a unique ability to listen and be able to hone in on where she can direct me to resources she has available.

      Susan Picking

      Gilli has the rare ability to see the whole picture and to accomplish her goals, whether in business or in her non-profit efforts to mentor and nurture songwriters and composers. Gilli sets the bar high but she is also the most supportive and greatest colleague and friend that anyone could have.

      David Harvey

      Everything you talk about is insightful and it always encourages me to keep moving forward, both as a business woman and an artist, and also in my life as a whole--everything wrapped up in a ball that makes me who I am. I'm so glad our lives crossed paths! After our sessions, I hang up the phone thinking, wow, she totally gets me and what I'm going through!

      Katie Garibaldi

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      CONTENTS

      PART 1 –HIT SONG MINDSET

      TO WRITE A HIT OR NOT TO WRITE A HIT? THAT IS THE QUESTION

      WHAT IS A HIT SONG?

      THE 360º (DEGREE) SONGWRITER

      WHY DO HIT SONGS GET A BAD RAP?

      PSYCHE KILLER

      YOUR HIT SONG HOMEWORK

      MY HIT SONG RECIPE

      HIT PRODUCTION

      PART 2 – THE 360º SONGWRITING BUSINESS

      TIMES, THEY NEVER CHANGE

      CREATE VALUE, BUILD THE DEMAND

      GETTING CLEAR ON WHO, WHAT AND WHY

      SUCCESS

      THE ART OF RELATIONSHIP

      PUBLISHING AND LICENSING

      YOUR DAILY HABIT

      ADDENDUM

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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      DEDICATION

      I’d like to dedicate this book to two people, albeit now light beings no longer on this earth.

      Firstly, the late d.Whitney Quinn. Whitney was a 360º Songwriter. He was a Hit maker. He dedicated his life to songwriting and performing his songs. He crafted excellent, catchy songs. He was a great networker and relationship builder. He lived his life with passion and came across enthusiastic and positive, even when he was really at the depths of depression, sickness and financial crisis. He never let on, and he marched on. Unfortunately the world didn’t get to enjoy his songs en masse as his life ended abruptly, too early. And so I dedicate this book to him.

      Secondly, the late John Braheny. John was a 360º Songwriter. He was a Hit maker. More so, he was an amazing educator, and my mentor. John wrote the still in print The Craft and Business of Songwriting. I highly encourage you read that book. John was my friend and confidante, along with his wife JoAnn. John gave me one of my first ‘breaks’ in Los Angeles through his Los Angeles Songwriters Network (LASS; which morphed into the National Academy of Songwriters, for which I volunteered for when I first arrived in LA). As I evolved to also educate others we put on workshops together, and he was a patron of my non-profit organization, Songsalive! His unparalleled insight into the craft of writing songs puts mine to shame. I can only do my best to live up to his incredible knowledge, and his humility, for it was the latter that we could all aspire to as we navigate the business of music. I dedicate this book to him.

      To all the songwriters and composers out there who commit their lives to their songwriting, my heart goes out to you. Don’t ever give up. Long live the song!

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      PART 1 –HIT SONG MINDSET

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      TO WRITE A HIT OR NOT TO WRITE A HIT? THAT IS THE QUESTION

      There is a song; and there is a Hit Song. Which one do you want to write? Are you a Hit Song Maker?

      You may not actually want to write a Hit Song. That is OK. I was one of those songwriters. I wrote for my own pleasure. I wrote because I wanted to purge my soul, express myself, and splash my ethos on the page. I wrote for my albums, for my desires, for my own pursuit of ‘becoming’.

      Writing a Hit Song seemed daunting. Actually, it made me feel as if I would be required to succumb to mainstream peer pressure and simply write to, what I perceived as the lowest common denominator. I didn’t really didn’t understand it until more recently, when I realized that writing Hit Songs could actually be pleasurable, and bring me success.

      I’ve spent the best part of the last two decades exploring, writing and performing songs. It has been my number one quest, and joy. It wasn’t until seven albums in, and while putting pen to paper on this book, that I realized there was MORE to just writing good songs, great songs, and heck, Hit Songs. It had to start with me, as a songwriter, and my relationship

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