How to Write About Music: Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers

Contents

• FOREWORD BY RICK MOODY
• INTRODUCTION BY MARC WOODWORTH HOW TO USE THIS BOOK THE WRITERS OVERTURE: 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 REVI
• CHAPTER 2 THE LIVE REVIEW
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS PAUL MORLEY ON JOY DIVISION AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON ZACH SCHONFELD ON SPIRITUALIZED AT WEBSTER HALL CHARLES AARON ON HOLE WRITING PROMPT: THE LIVE SHOW THE GO-BETWEENS: THE FIVE THINGS EVERY MUSIC WRITER OR
• CHAPTER 3 TRACK-BY-TRACK
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS KIM COOPER ON NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL MARY GAITSKILL ON B-MOVIE TAVI GEVINSON ON TAYLOR SWIFT JONATHAN LETHEM ON TALKING HEADS WRITING PROMPT: TRACK-BY-TRACK THE GO-BETWEENS: HOW DID YOU LAND YOUR JOB?
• CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
• INTRODUCTION RICHARD MELTZER ON EVIL AND ROCK 'N' ROLL LUKE TURNER ON ENYA BRIAN MORTON ON COMPUTER MUSIC JORDAN FERGUSON ON J DILLA WRITING PROMPT: LATE STYLE THE GO-BETWEENS: OFF-BEAT ADVICE
• CHAPTER 5 THE ARTIST INTERVIEW
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS LIZZY GOODMAN WITH KIM GORDON THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS WITH BOOTSY COLLINS ALLEN GINSBERG WITH BECK WRITING PROMPT: BE BOTH INTERVIEWER AND INTERVIEWEE WRITING PROMPT: LEARN FROM THE BEST THE GO-BETWEENS: YOUR DREAM
• CHAPTER 6 THE PERSONAL ESSAY
• INTRODUCTION BRUCE EATON ON BIG STAR LESTER BANGS ON VAN MORRISON JAMES WOOD ON THE WHO RICK MOODY ON OTIS REDDING, SIMON & GARFUNKEL, THE BEATLES , FUNKADELIC AND OTHERS WRITING PROMPT: THE PERSONAL ESSAY WRITING PROMPT: OFF-THE-RADAR MUSIC THAT MATTERS
• CHAPTER 7 THE BLOG PIECE
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS CHRIS DEVILLE ON MUMFORD AND SONS NICHOLAS CROGGON AND JAMES PARKER ON THE TROUBLE WITH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CRITICISM MATT MELIS ON FANDOM WRITING PROMPT: THE BLOG PIECE THE GO-BETWEENS: YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE
• CHAPTER 8 THE ARTIST PROFILE
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS ALEX ROSS ON RADIOHEAD JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN ON AXL ROSE LINDSEY ZOLADZ ON PUSSY RIOT SASHA FRERE JONES ON BEYONCE WRITING PROMPT: THE LOCAL ARTIST PROFILE THE GO-BETWEENS: WHAT SOURCES DO YOU USE?
• CHAPTER 9 ALTERNATIVES
• INTRODUCTION JOHN DARNIELLE ON BLACK SABBATH MARTY DAVIS ON BLACK FLAG ROB SHEFFIELD FROM LOVE IS A MIX TAPE JOE DEUEL ON Husker Du CAMPBELL MCGRATH ON BOB DYLAN WRITING PROMPT: THE ANNOTATED MIX TAPE WRITING PROMPT: OTHER VOICES WRITING PROMPT: HEADLINES
• CHAPTER 10 HOW IT SOUNDS
• INTRODUCTION EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR WRITERS ANDY BABIUK ON THE BEATLES OWEN PALLET ON KATY PERRY SUSAN FAST ON LED ZEPPELIN JOHN PERRY ON JIMI HENDRIX WRITING PROMPT: ISOLATED TRACKS THE GO-BETWEENS: DO YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE MUSIC TO WRITE ABOUT IT
• CHAPTER 11 MUSIC SCENES
• INTRODUCTION GINA ARNOLD ON LIZ PHAIR'S GUYVILLE ROSS SIMONINI ON JAMAICAN RUDE BOYS SIMON MORRISON ON DANCE CLUBS IN KOSOVO WRITING PROMPT: MUSIC SCENES THE GO-BETWEENS: HOW HAS THE FIELD OF WRITING ABOUT MUSIC CHANGED?
• CHAPTER 12 CULTURAL CRITICISM
• INTRODUCTION CARL WILSON ON CELINE DION CHUCK KLOSTERMAN ON EMINEM GREIL MARCUS ON CLARENCE ASHLEY WRITING PROMPT: CULTURAL CRITICISM THE GO-BETWEENS: WORDS OF ADVICE TO THE LONELY MUSIC CRITIC
• CHAPTER 33 1/3 HOW TO PITCH A 33 1/3
• INTRODUCTION A SUCCESSFUL PITCH: SUSAN FAST ON MICHAEL JACKSON'S DANGEROUS A SUCCESSFUL PITCH: PHILLIP CRANDALL ON ANDREW WK'S I GET WET PHILLIP CRANDALL REVISITS HIS 33 1/3 PROPOSAL WRITING PROMPT: THE 33 1/3 PITCH COMPANION WEBSITE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INDEX