ISBN10: 0306812657, ISBN13: 9780306812651, [publisher: Da Capo Press] Softcover Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> I started writing songs the summer I turned eleven. Like most beginning song- writers, I knew little about music except for a handful of chords. My first at- tempt at songwriting was not a real song but a set of lyrics for an existing melody, Paul Simon's "The Sound of Silence." Mine was called "The Look of Absence"-masking my influences was evidently not a major concern at that age. My first real song-words and music-lifted surreal lyrics from "Fixing A Hole" and other Beatles songs. For my third song I inadvertently ripped off the tune of the Monkees" "I'm A Believer," rendered unrecognizable to me by my melodramatic choice of an especially slow tempo. But this is precisely the way that all songwriters learn to write songs, imitating and emulating that which inspires us until our own styles gradually emerge. Through the years I've hoped to find some formula, some trick or method, that would make songwriting simple. But there is none. Unlike magicians who create the illusion of magic, writing a great song
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ISBN10: 0306812657, ISBN13: 9780306812651, [publisher: Hachette Books Jun 2003] Softcover Neuware - In these fifty-two interviews, the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from folk to Tin Pan Alley to jazz, from blues to pop rock, these are the figures who have shaped American music as we know it. Here they share their secrets and personal methods for converting inspiration into song: Robbie Robertson of the Band an Tom Petty talk about working with Bob Dylan; Dylan himself, in his only in-depth interview in more than ten years, says that the world doesn't need any new songs; R.E.M. name their favorite R.E.M. songs; Madonna describes collaborating with Prince; Sammy Cahn talks about writing standards for Sinatra; Pete Seeger recounts hitting the road with Woody Guthrie; Frank Zappa admits to loving 'Louie Louie'; Todd Rundgren explains how he dreams his songs; and, in the book's most extensive interview, Paul Simon delves into his opus from 'The Sound of Silence' to 'Graceland.' And almost all of them express delight at being able to talk about the mechanics of music itself, something that they have rarely been asked to discuss. Here expanded with new interviews with Burt Bacharach, Laura Nyro, Yoko Ono, Leonard Cohen, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Richard ...
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ISBN10: 0306812657, ISBN13: 9780306812651, [publisher: Hachette Books] Softcover 2003. New Ed. Paperback. An expanded edition of a classic collection of interviews with the greatest songwriters of our time. Num Pages: 752 pages, 64 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 54. Weight in Grams: 886. 752 pages, 64 b&w photographs. In these 62 interviews, songwriters go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings and opinion on their art. The artists featured include Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morrissette, Madonna, Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, Robbie Robertson and k.d. lang. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVG. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 54. Weight: 888. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. Date: 2003. Fourth Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0306812657 . Near Fine in wrappers. Light edge wear. ; 9 X 6 X 2 inches; 752 pages . 2003. Da Capo Press ISBN 0306812657 9780306812651 [US]