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The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own
music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in
popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter Handbook provides a
useful resource for student songwriters, active musicians, fans and
scholars alike. This handbook is divided into four main sections:
Songwriting (acoustic and digital), Performance, Music Industry and
Case Studies. Section I focuses on the 'how to' elements of popular
song composition, embracing a range of perspectives and methods, in
addition to chapters on the teaching of songwriting to students.
Section II deals with the nature of performance: stagecraft, open
mic nights, and a number of case studies that engage with
performing in a range of contexts. Section III is devoted to
aspects of the music industry and the business of music including
sales, contract negotiations, copyright, social media and
marketing. Section IV provides specific examples of
singer-songwriter personae and global open mic scenes. The
Singer-Songwriter Handbook is a much-needed single resource for
budding singer-songwriters as well as songwriting pedagogues.
This is a book of poems that I began to write at the age of twelve.
They have provided me with an outlet for the many emotions
experienced over the years. The poems are about life and I hope
they will fulfill a need for the reader, as they have fulfilled a
need for me, the writer.
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright (b. 1973) is
famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown
through both his recorded output and his engaging live
performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines his aspects
of his life story with scholarly readings drawn from several
methodologies. Popular music studies, opera, queer studies, music
and geography, the sound-box: all combine to give a rich
biographical and interpretative overview of Wainwright's life and
music. Williams brings together close musical analysis with such
varied disciplinary perspectives with a tone that is both in-depth
and scholarly, and accessible. The book is a must-read for fans,
students and scholars alike.
Most often associated with modern artists such as Bob Dylan, Elton
John, Don McLean, Neil Diamond, and Carole King, the
singer-songwriter tradition in fact has a long and complex history
dating back to the medieval troubadour and earlier. This Companion
explains the historical contexts, musical analyses, and theoretical
frameworks of the singer-songwriter tradition. Divided into five
parts, the book explores the tradition in the context of issues
including authenticity, gender, queer studies, musical analysis,
and performance. The contributors reveal how the tradition has been
expressed around the world and throughout its history to the
present day. Essential reading for enthusiasts, practitioners,
students, and scholars, this book features case studies of a wide
range of both well and lesser-known singer-songwriters, from Thomas
d'Urfey through to Carole King and Kanye West.
Most often associated with modern artists such as Bob Dylan, Elton
John, Don McLean, Neil Diamond, and Carole King, the
singer-songwriter tradition in fact has a long and complex history
dating back to the medieval troubadour and earlier. This Companion
explains the historical contexts, musical analyses, and theoretical
frameworks of the singer-songwriter tradition. Divided into five
parts, the book explores the tradition in the context of issues
including authenticity, gender, queer studies, musical analysis,
and performance. The contributors reveal how the tradition has been
expressed around the world and throughout its history to the
present day. Essential reading for enthusiasts, practitioners,
students, and scholars, this book features case studies of a wide
range of both well and lesser-known singer-songwriters, from Thomas
d'Urfey through to Carole King and Kanye West.
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright (b. 1973) is
famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown
through both his recorded output and his engaging live
performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines aspects of
his life story with scholarly readings drawn from several
methodologies. Popular music studies, opera, queer studies, music
and geography, the sound-box: all combine to give a rich
biographical and interpretative overview of Wainwright's life and
music. Williams brings together close musical analysis with such
varied disciplinary perspectives with a tone that is both in-depth
and scholarly, and accessible. The book is a must-read for fans,
students and scholars alike.
The capture of Osama Bin Laden, the royal wedding, Jeremy Clarkson,
Ryan Giggs and the plight of the travelling-folk, this hilarious
diary takes you through real events during 2010 and 2011 as seen by
a rather opinionated single mum. Woven in with the current affairs
commentary is the story of Single-Mum, The Teenager, Annabelle and
Hector the dog. The diary picks up real parenting situations and
real problems faced by anybody attempting to bring order to the
chaos that is the life of a single parent. Single-Mum makes no
apology for the scrapes she gets herself into and as a result, her
diary is a reassuring, laugh-out-loud, journey through 2010 and
2011.
This is a book of poems that I began to write at the age of twelve.
They have provided me with an outlet for the many emotions
experienced over the years. The poems are about life and I hope
they will fulfill a need for the reader, as they have fulfilled a
need for me, the writer.
The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own
music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in
popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter Handbook provides a
useful resource for student songwriters, active musicians, fans and
scholars alike. This handbook is divided into four main sections:
Songwriting (acoustic and digital), Performance, Music Industry and
Case Studies. Section I focuses on the 'how to' elements of popular
song composition, embracing a range of perspectives and methods, in
addition to chapters on the teaching of songwriting to students.
Section II deals with the nature of performance: stagecraft, open
mic nights, and a number of case studies that engage with
performing in a range of contexts. Section III is devoted to
aspects of the music industry and the business of music including
sales, contract negotiations, copyright, social media and
marketing. Section IV provides specific examples of
singer-songwriter personae and global open mic scenes. The
Singer-Songwriter Handbook is a much-needed single resource for
budding singer-songwriters as well as songwriting pedagogues.
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