Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

The brand new memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Beneath My Feet.


Taking 36 songs from his back catalogue, folk-punk icon Frank Turner explores his songwriting process. Find out the stories behind the songs forged in the hedonistic years of the mid-2000s North London scene, the ones perfected in Nashville studios, and everything in between. Some of these songs arrive fully-formed, as if they've always been there, some take graft and endless reworking to find 'the one'. In exploring them all, Turner reflects with eloquence, insight and self-deprecating wit on exactly what it is to be a songwriter.

From love songs and break-up songs to political calls-to-arms; songs composed alone in a hotel room or in soundcheck with the Sleeping Souls, this brilliantly written memoir - featuring exclusive photos of handwritten lyrics and more - is a must-have book for FT fans and anyone curious about how to write music.

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Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

The brand new memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Beneath My Feet.


Taking 36 songs from his back catalogue, folk-punk icon Frank Turner explores his songwriting process. Find out the stories behind the songs forged in the hedonistic years of the mid-2000s North London scene, the ones perfected in Nashville studios, and everything in between. Some of these songs arrive fully-formed, as if they've always been there, some take graft and endless reworking to find 'the one'. In exploring them all, Turner reflects with eloquence, insight and self-deprecating wit on exactly what it is to be a songwriter.

From love songs and break-up songs to political calls-to-arms; songs composed alone in a hotel room or in soundcheck with the Sleeping Souls, this brilliantly written memoir - featuring exclusive photos of handwritten lyrics and more - is a must-have book for FT fans and anyone curious about how to write music.

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Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting

Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting

by Frank Turner
Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting

Try This At Home: Adventures in songwriting

by Frank Turner

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

The brand new memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Beneath My Feet.


Taking 36 songs from his back catalogue, folk-punk icon Frank Turner explores his songwriting process. Find out the stories behind the songs forged in the hedonistic years of the mid-2000s North London scene, the ones perfected in Nashville studios, and everything in between. Some of these songs arrive fully-formed, as if they've always been there, some take graft and endless reworking to find 'the one'. In exploring them all, Turner reflects with eloquence, insight and self-deprecating wit on exactly what it is to be a songwriter.

From love songs and break-up songs to political calls-to-arms; songs composed alone in a hotel room or in soundcheck with the Sleeping Souls, this brilliantly written memoir - featuring exclusive photos of handwritten lyrics and more - is a must-have book for FT fans and anyone curious about how to write music.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472257864
Publisher: Headline
Publication date: 08/11/2020
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Frank Turner is an English folk/punk singer-songwriter from Winchester. He was the lead singer of post-hardcore band Million Dead, before embarking on a solo career. He is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Beneath My Feet.

Turner has released seven solo albums as well as EPs and rarities, and has played thousands of shows across 38 countries. He sometimes lives in London, but mostly on the road.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Real Damage 7

Nashville Tennessee 17

Sunshine State 27

The Ballad of Me and My Friends 32

I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous 38

Photosynthesis 48

Love Ire & Song 57

Long Live the Queen 65

Jet Lag 73

Live Fast Die Old 82

The Road 92

Isabel 102

Sons of Liberty 109

The Ballad of Steve 117

Eulogy 123

I Still Believe 131

I Am Disappeared 142

One Foot Before the Other 153

Glory Hallelujah 161

Balthazar, Impresario 171

Recovery 179

The Way I Tend to Be 190

Four Simple Words 201

Anymore 209

Broken Piano 214

Get Better 224

The Next Storm 235

The Opening Act of Spring 243

Josephine 250

Silent Key 258

There She Is 267

Blackout 277

1933 286

Make America Great Again 295

Be More Kind 306

Conclusion: Try This at Home 313

Acknowledgements 317

Picture Credits 318

Index 319

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