2008-06-05 This is what I've been looking for all these years.

This book has it all as songwriting goes.

Chords sequences, song structures, harmony, how to write lyrics, famous songwriter quotes on their insipations and more.

There are also frequent examples of songs, we know and grew up with, that refer to the issues being tackled in the various sections.
The book even has a suggested album listening list for various styles of music for inspiration and eye-opening.

And finally something that I haven't seen mentioned before is the extremely high producion quality of the book. This is probably the nicest looking and highest quality print publishing I own now for musicianship, and my musicbooks produce quite an impressive stack if piled up.

Beutiful and jam packed full with knowledge pretty much sums it up, thank you Rikky Rooksby and Backbeat Books!