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Song: The World's Best Songwriters on Creating the Music that Moves Us (American Songwriter Magazine)
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Product Description
Song is an enthralling compilation of songwriting wisdom from 100 of the biggest names in music. From country to rock to folk to alternative, this genre-spanning collection of interviews captures the anecdotes, history, and wisdom of the best songwriters aroundInside, you'll find entertaining and enlightening interviews from great songwriters such as Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Jewel, Kenny Chesney, Cat Stevens, Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Ray Charles, Clint Black, Rob Thomas, Dolly Parton, Rufus Wainwright, Bob McDill, Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Beck, M.Ward, Lou Reed, Roger Miller, Grant-Lee Phillips, and John Denver.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #262043 in Books
- Published on: 2007-01-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 380 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
In these interviews conducted by various scribes for American Songwriter magazine, we learn such vitals as that Dierks Bentley would still write songs even if it weren't his "job," and how Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips descries the differences between a song and a performance and also how audiences do the same (Coyne also notes how Elton John's elegant recording of "Bennie and the Jets" differs in important ways from his performances of the song today). Sheryl Crow is asked if she's religious (she's "spiritual," she says), but Public Enemy's Chuck D isn't. Chuck does, however, deliver excellent background on a few of his songs to produce one of the meatier colloquies herein. Songsmiths as diverse as Lyle Lovett, Ray Charles, Beck, Burt Bacharach, Roger Miller, Fountains of Wayne, and Kenny Chesney make this a broad if not particularly deep survey of how current pop music is devised and an excellent acquisition for pop-music collections. Mike Tribby
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About the Author
Founded in 1984, American Songwriter Magazine is a nationally distributed magazine that features interviews with some of America’s top songwriters in its mission to “explore both the art and industry of songwriting.”
Customer Reviews
So Many Great Songwriters...
Fantastic interviews with some of the greatest songwriters/performers of our time. This is the first publication that I've found where you can find interviews with the likes of Keith Urban, Richard Marx, Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), Robert Lamm (Chicago) Ray Charles & Burt Bacharach all in one place.
Would make a great gift for those on your list who are fans of singer/songwriters.
GREAT BOOK!
Lot of diverse interviews. a great book to pick up from time to time to read interviews you're in the mood for!
Song
Nice package. I would have liked more in depth interviews and a greater variety of subjects but that goes with the territory of magazine articles from a primarily folk magazine. I got some good interviews out it of though to share with a songwriting class.
