Title: Sadly it's useless
Product review: I write songs and was hoping to learn melody techniques. However, I don't play an instrument beyond plunking out notes on a MIDI keyboard. This book is full of what looks to be excellent melody techniques. I say "looks" because the examples are all given as sheet music. If you can't play an instrument [probably a piano] to a high standard you're not going to be able demonstrate them to yourself. The obvious solution would have been to have had a CD in the book, containing the played examples or have them downloadable from the Berklee site. I contacted the author, Jack Perricone, Chair of Songwriting at Berklee to ask him if he could supply me with performed techniques. He replied "Unfortunately, no. I am in the process of writing a book that will have a lot of audio, but I don't have it for the Melody in Songwriting book." I suggest you wait for that book. I regret to say that in my opinion I think this book in it's present form does Berklee Press a disservice.
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