A thoughtful, counterintuitive book about creativity from the celebrated songwriter, leader of the band Wilco, and author of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back), inspiring others bytaking the reader through the process of writing one song.
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ISBN: 9780593183526
Physical Description:158 pages ; 20 cm.print
Publisher:New York :Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC,2020.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 ; Exercise4 : 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.