Song Man

A Melodic Adventure, or, My Single-Minded Approach to Songwriting

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By Will Hodgkinson

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Dec 10, 2007
Page Count
400 pages
Publisher
Da Capo Press
ISBN-13
9780306817328

Price

$11.99

Format

ebook

Format:

ebook $11.99

Song Man is the endearing sequel to Will Hodgkinson’s Guitar Man, wherein our hero, having learned to play guitar (badly) in six months, endeavors to unlock the process of songwriting and ultimately record a single. Featuring pithy, humorous, and illuminating one-on-one songwriting lessons with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Ray Davies of the Kinks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Arthur Lee of Love, Chan Marshall of Cat Power, Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, and a host of others who run the gamut from unknown muses to cult icons to superstars-including Hodgkinson’s lovable crew of ne’er-do-wells first introduced in Guitar ManSong Man is at once an investigation into the most ephemeral of arts and a highly readable journey of discovery.

Will Hodgkinson

About the Author

Will Hodgkinson has written for the Guardian, Mojo, and the Daily Telegraph, among other publications. He lives with his wife and two children in London.

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