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Confessions of an Serial Songwriter is an amusing and poignant memoir about songwriter Shelly Peiken's voyage from young girl falling under the spell of magical tracks to working professional songwriter writing visits of her own, penning culturally resonant, female-empowerment anthems such as Christina Aguilera's number-one struck "What A Girl Desires" and Meredith Brooks' smash "Bitch". It's about growing up, the creative process the highs and the lows, the issues that occur between motherhood and job success, the divas and schemers, but also the proficient and impressive people she's found on the way. It's filled with tales and step-by-step advice about the songwriting process, especially collaboration. And it's about the challenge of remaining relevant in a quickly changing and youth-driven world. As Shelly so eloquently states in Confessions of an Serial Songwriter: ''If I put to create one X factor that I possibly could cite as a characteristic most hit tracks have in common (and this excludes hit tracks that are placed forth by an already well-oiled machine...that is, a tracking artist that has so much notoriety and momentum that just about anything he or she releases, so long as it's 'very good,' will have a significant shot at being successful), I would say it would be: A widespread sentiment in a distinctive frame.'' Peiken has tapped the widespread sentiment over and over; her tracks have been documented by such musicians and artists as Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Selena Gomez, Celine Dion, the Pretenders, yet others. In Confessions of an Serial Songwriter, she pulls the window curtain back again on the music business from the point of view of an behind-the-scenes hit originator and shares priceless insight in to the craft of songwriting.