TuneSmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting
by Jimmy Webb
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Author: Jimmy WebbEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09-22
ISBN: 0786884886
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Hyperion
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Book Review: Pop music analysis with lots of thought...and more
Summary: 5 Stars
As a conservatory-trained songwriter/computer and also a mathematician and computer programmer, I put a lot of thought and analysis into my own melodies and arrangements, but I have never seen pop music analyzed to this degree in a book.And there are few who would be more qualified than Jimmy Webb. I have rejoiced, cried, laughed and shivered to his songs for years. He wrote for Richard Harris (MacArthur Park, Didn't We?, etc.) as well as for Glenn Campbell (Wichita Lineman, By the Time I Get To Phoenix) and many others you have no doubt heard.
Along with all the analytical insights, you also get an intense look at the life of one songwriter.
I am in awe!
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