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Zusatztext Then, there are my research books, which have honestly been just as enjoyable lately as my fiction. The 33 1/3 Books team recently released How to Write About Music , a textbook on exactly what it says it’s about. It’s great—educational while being wholly enjoyable and reading it is like taking a course by a great professor. I’m sure it will be used in classrooms, but for solo reading it functions beautifully. Bonus, awesome intro by Rick Moody, a veteran of this reading list. Informationen zum Autor Marc Woodworth is the author of Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters in their Own Words (Dell, 1998) and a volume of poetry, Arcade (Grove Press, 2002). He edits the international quarterly Salmagundi and teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Klappentext If writing about music is like dancing about architecture! you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved art form. Selections from the critically-acclaimed 33 1/3 series appear alongside new interviews and insights from authors like Lester Bangs! Chuck Klosterman! Owen Pallet! Ann Powers and Alex Ross. How to Write About Music includes primary sources of inspiration from a variety of go-to genres such as the album review! the personal essay! the blog post and the interview along with tips! writing prompts and advice from the writers themselves. Music critics of the past and the present offer inspiration through their work on artists like Black Sabbath! Daft Punk! J Dilla! Joy Division! Kanye West! Neutral Milk Hotel! Radiohead! Pussy Riot and countless others. How to Write About Music is an invaluable text for all those who have ever dreamed of getting their music writing published and a pleasure for everyone who loves to read about music. Vorwort Excerpts from the 33 1/3 series, magazines and leading online publications alongside fresh, inspiring advice from influential writers and editors for making your music writing the best it can be. Zusammenfassung If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you’d do best to hone your chops and avoid clichés (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved art form. Selections from the critically-acclaimed 33 1/3 series appear alongside new interviews and insights from authors like Lester Bangs, Chuck Klosterman, Owen Pallet, Ann Powers and Alex Ross. How to Write About Music includes primary sources of inspiration from a variety of go-to genres such as the album review, the personal essay, the blog post and the interview along with tips, writing prompts and advice from the writers themselves.Music critics of the past and the present offer inspiration through their work on artists like Black Sabbath, Daft Punk, J Dilla, Joy Division, Kanye West, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Pussy Riot and countless others. How to Write About Music is an invaluable text for all those who have ever dreamed of getting their music writing published and a pleasure for everyone who loves to read about music. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORD BY RICK MOODYINTRODUCTION BY MARC WOODWORTH HOW TO USE THIS BOOKTHE WRITERSOVERTURE: EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS CHAPTER 1 THE ALBUM REVIEW INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS ANN POWERS ON DAFT PUNK’S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES JIM DEROGATIS ON SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S BOOKENDS LAURIE ANDERSON ON ANIMAL COLLECTIVE’S CENTIPEDE HZ LOU REED ON KANYE WEST’S YEEZUS WRITING PROMPT: THE BLIND REVIEWWRITING PROMPT: MAKE IT BETTER THE GO-BETWEENS: HOW TO MAKE CONTACTS CHAPTER 2 THE...
