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How to Write one Song

Tweedy, Jeff, 1967- Book - 2020 782.421 Tw, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / Tweedy, Jeff 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Part I. Why? ; The Hardest Part ; Obstacles ; Make Songwriting a Habit ; Everyday Work ; What You Get in the End -- Part II. Start Writing ; Exercise 1 : Verbs and Nouns ; Exercise 2: Stealing Words from a Book ; Exercise 3 : Cut-Up Techniques ; Exercise 4 : Word Ladder Variation : The Dreaded Adjective ; Exercise 5 : Have a Conversation ; Exercise 6 : Playing with Rhymes -- Part III. Pieces of Music ; Recommendation 1 : Learn Other People's Songs ; Recommendation 2 : Timer ; Recommendation 3 : Loosening Your Judgment ; Recommendation 4 : Stealing -- Part IV. Can You Hear What Comes Next? ; Recording What You've Done ; Are You Stuck? ; What Did You Just Make? Is It Any Good? ; Sharing Your Song.
"Perfect for gifting during the holidays and beyond, a thoughtful, counterintuitive book about creativity from the celebrated songwriter, leader of the band Wilco, and New York Times bestselling author of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back), inspiring others by taking the reader through the process of writing one song"-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Year Published: 2020
Description: 158 p.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780593183526
0593183525

SUBJECTS
Popular music -- Writing and publishing.