Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, Or, My Single-minded Approach to Songwriting - Softcover

Hodgkinson, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306815818 ISBN 13: 9780306815812

Verlag: Da Capo Pr, 2008

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"In "Guitar Man" (2006), Hodgkinson reported on mastering the guitar. In the funny, self-deprecating, very entertaining sequel, writing a song and recording a single is his mission. Most know a great song when they hear it, but defining its essence is trickier. Hodgkinson admits he has a lot to learn, since his songwriting technique primarily consists of thinking of the name of an animal and "then finding something to rhyme with it." He receives desperately needed tips from Keith Richards, Ray Davies, Andy Partridge of XTC, Arthur Lee of Love, singer-guitarist Bert Jansch, and even Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as motley eccentrics including brilliant, erratic Lawrence, who dropped his surname years before it became fashionable. Hodgkinson also talks to muses, such as Patti Boyd, who inspired George Harrison's "Something" and Eric Clapton's "Layla," and visits New York to pay homage to the great Brill Street Building lyricists Carole King and Gerry Goffin. He and sometime partner Doyle go to great lengths to find the proper atmosphere for songwriting, one time as far as the tiny Hebridean island of Eigg. Ultimately, older and a bit wiser, Hodgkinson enters studio and records single. Wherever his next journey takes him, his many fans will gladly tag along."--"Booklist," starred review

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Song man is the endearing sequel to Will Hodgkinsons Guitar Man, wherein our hero, having learned to play guitar (badly) in six months, endeavors to unlock the process of songwriting and ultimately record a single. Featuring pithy, humorous, and illuminating one-on-one songwriting lessons with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Ray Davies of the Kinks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Arthur Lee of Love, Chan Marshall of Cat Power, Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, and a host of others who run the gamut from unknown muses to cult icons to superstars-including Hodgkinsons lovable crew of neer-do-wells first introduced in Guitar Man-Song Man is at once an investigation into the most ephemeral of arts and a highly readable journey of discovery.

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• Verlag: Da Capo Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0306815818
• ISBN 13: 9780306815812
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290