Nothin like a good songwriting argument to...err kill time.

Couch, I think you can learn a boatload from a book, what you cant learn is talent. The most gifted lyricist ever born would not be writing commercially viable, well structured, focused, lyrics without learning, in some way how to do it.

Just because some learn on their own, and others from a book doesnt mean either or is "better"

I get a chuckle out of folks who say they never learned anything, they just did it. Bogus on many fronts.

Even people who dont write anything know a song has a verse, a chorus, a bridge, nobody taught them that, they just consumed it.

That's what most musicians and songwriters do, they listen to music and try to emulate it.

You cant learn to run a 40 yard dash in 4.1, but you can learn how to maximize your time.

Cant learn to throw a fastball 95 mph, but you can learn how to control it and aim it right.

Cant teach fast, cant teach smart, cant teach instinct, but you can teach how to use all of that to it's full potential.

Still need to know the rules of songwriting and how songs are put together, and what makes some of them work

But I agree, books wont make you a great writer, talent will, books will just help with the nuts and bolts.

Last edited by Bugsey; 06/15/14 04:40 PM.