A New Philosophy of Songwriting: Cakes, Constellations, and Other Obtuse Metaphors to Help Your Practice

by Andrew Ward and Briony Luttrell

Songs, pervasive sonic ephemeral acts that combine words and music, live in a contemporary world of commercialization as commodity. Flowing through our everyday lives as a given and oft-underacknowledged artifact to accompany our shopping, car trips, date nights, and gym days. Yet songs have a history as long as humanity and language. They hold a place, up until recently in our evolution, as an oral history library of the human species. Why then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666931675
• ISBN13: 9781666931679
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 164 Pages