Song: The World's Best Songwriters on Creating the Music that Moves Us

by American Songwriter Magazine

Overview

The secrets of songwriting from the legends of music

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 around - in their words. An entertaining read as well as an indispensable guide to the art and craft of songwriting, Song is a must-have resource for the aspiring, amateur, or professional musician.

Inside, 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

ISBN-13:	9781599633510
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/20/2006
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	380
File size:	4 MB

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.''

Table of Contents

Deborah Allen     4
Nic Armstrong: (TV Thieves)     8
Burt Bacharach     12
Aaron Barker     15
Beck     19
John Bell: (Widespread Panic)     24
The Bellamy Brothers     29
Dierks Bentley     32
Matraca Berg     36
Big & Rich     42
Clint Black     48
BlackHawk     51
Gary Burr     55
Rick & Janis Carnes     58
Deana Carter     62
R.L. Castleman     66
Ray Charles     70
Kenny Chesney     75
Chuck D: (Public Enemy)     80
Guy Clark     83
Earl Thomas Conley     87
Bryan-Michael Cox     90
Wayne Coyne: (The Flaming Lips)     94
Sheryl Crow     99
Rodney Crowell     104
John Denver     108
Ani DiFranco     111
Mike Doughty     114
Jermaine Dupri     118
Steve Earle     122
Shelly Fairchild     125
Jay Farrar: (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt)     129
Ben Folds     133
Fountains of Wayne     137
Teddy Gentry: (Alabama)     142
Dave Gibson     145
John Hiatt     148
Byron Hill     153
Bruce Hornsby     156
Mason Jennings     158
Jewel     161
Jack Johnson     167
Rickie Lee Jones     171
Alex Kapranos: (Franz Ferdinand)     174
Robert Lamm: (Chicago)     178
John Legend     181
Little Barrie     185
Kenny Loggins     189
Lyle Lovett     191
Shelby Lynne     194
Richard Marx     197
John Mayer     202
Ian McCulloch: (Echo & the Bunnymen)     205
John McCrea: (Cake)     208
Bob McDill     212
John Mellencamp     215
Dan Messe: (Hem)     221
Rhett Miller: (Old 97's)     224
Roger Miller     227
Stuart Murdoch: (Belle and Sebastian)     230
Michael Martin Murphey     233
My Morning Jacket     237
Willie Nelson     242
Randy Newman     245
Ben Nichols: (Lucero)     251
John Oates: (Hall & Oates)      254
Conor Oberst: (Bright Eyes)     256
Paul Overstreet     260
Dolly Parton     263
Michael Penn     266
Gretchen Peters     270
Michael Peterson     273
Tom Petty     277
Grant-Lee Phillips     283
Hugh Prestwood     286
John Prine     289
?uestlove: (The Roots)     293
Eddie Rabbitt     297
Lou Reed     300
Luke Reynolds: (Blue Merle)     304
Josh Ritter     306
Smokey Robinson     309
Josh Rouse     313
John Scott Sherrill     316
The Statler Brothers     322
Cat Stevens     325
Even Stevens     332
Rob Thomas     335
Travis Tritt     339
Jeff Tweedy: (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco)     343
Keith Urban     349
Loudon Wainwright III     353
Rufus Wainwright     356
Jerry Jeff Walker     360
M. Ward     363
Jim Weatherly     368
Bob Weir: (The Grateful Dead, Ratdog)     372
Don Williams     376
Brian Wilson      379
Bill Withers     383