Interested in writing lyrics for the Christian market? Oneof my students recently tracked down these resources:

Books

Lee, C. Nancy.  Lyrics of Lament, From Tragedy toTransformation. Fortress Press, 2010, 

O’Donnell, Sean Douglass. God’s Lyrics, Rediscovering worship through Old Testament Songs.  

P&R Publishing Company, 2010.

Woods, Robert and Walrath, Brian. The Message in the Music. Abingdon Press, 1976.

Rogal, J. Samuel. AGeneral Introduction to hymnody and Congregational Song. The Scarecrow 

Press, 1991.

  

Lectures andConferences

Moon, Wisdom and Thompson, Mandy “The Songwriter’s Café:

Episode 3 iTunesU, Released March 15, 2011.

Episode 4 iTunesU, Released April 16, 2011

Episode 5 iTunesU, Released May 16, 2011

 Thompson, Dan andBrookhouse, Joe “The Songwriter’s Café Episode 12”

iTunesU, Released January 16, 2012

Christian Songwriters Conference in MountHermon-mounthermon.org/songwriters

 

Software

Finale Songwriter

Song Factory

Master Writer 2.0

Toontrack EZ Songwriting Bundle

Master songwriter HALion Workstation

Lyricist

Track Notes

SongWriter HD Lite

Suggester-Chord Progression Tool and Musical Scale Reference

Songwriter’s Pad

Verse Perfect

Easy Songwriter

Rhyme Genie

Web Sites

Songwriter’s ResourceNetwork-http://www.songwritersresourcenetwork.com/

Christian SongwritersNetwork-http://www.christiansongwriters.org/

Christian Songwriting-http://www.christiansongwriting.com/

Gospel/Christian Songwriters Group-http://www.angelfire.com/

The Secret Place-http://www.secretplaceministries.org

The Muse’s Muse-http://www.musesmuse.com

Christian Music/ Songwriting Associations

The National Association of ChristianArtists-http://www.thenacm.com

Christian ArtistsNetwork-http://www.christianartists-network.org/

The Christian Fellowship of Art MusicComposers-http://www.cfamc.org/

The Christian SongwritingOrganization-http://www.christiansongwriting.org/

Gospel Music Association-http://www.gospelmusic.org/

Minnesota Association of ChristianSongwriters-http://www.macsmn.org

Christian Magazinesand Articles on Song writing

Peterson, Dylan. “Iron and Wine.” Relevant Magazine. August 30, 2007.

Hurtgen, J. E . “Statement: Expressions of Honesty,” Relevant Magazine. Nov. 13, 2007.