The Singer-Songwriter Handbook

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Introduction
Part I a: Songwriting
Chapter 1 Nadav Appel "The Singer-Songwriter Disposition"
Chapter 2 Mark Simos "The Performing Songwriter's Dilemma: Principles and Practices"
Chapter 3 Zack Moir "Learning to Create and Creating to Learn: Considering the Value of Popular Music in Higher Education"
Chapter 4 Simon Barber "Professional Songwriting Techniques: A range of views summarized from the Sodajerker Interviews"
Chapter 5 Lee Bob Watson "A River, A Bible & A Broken Heart"
Part I b: Songwriting in the Digital Era
Chapter 6 Mark Marrington "Composing with the Digital Audio Workstation."
Chapter 7 Rob Toulson and Richard James Burgess "Singer-songwriter meets music production and studio technology"
Chapter 8 Lisa Busby "Post-digital approaches to songwriting"
Part II : Performance
Chapter 9 Dane Chalfin "From 'me' to 'we': Stagecraft, performance and audience communication."
Chapter 10 Sija Tsai and Andrew Hillhouse "The Mariposa Folk Festival and the Canadian Singer- songwriter Tradition"
Chapter 11 Seth Lakeman testimonial "Stories from my life and tips for getting ahead" (interview with Katherine Williams)
Part III : The Music Industry
Chapter 12 Sam Nicholls "Audience Engagement and Alternative Revenue Streams"
Chapter 13 Jo Collinson Scott and David Scott, "The Portfolio Career in Practice: Key Aspects of Building a Sustainable Songwriting and Performance Career in the Download Era"
Chapter 14 Emma Hooper "Waitress for the Bees: How to (almost) Never Play a Bad Gig Again: A Simple Way to Approach Performing Professionally"
Part IV : Case Studies
Chapter 15 Alexandra Apolloni Vocal Authorship: Marianne Faithfull and "Sister Morphine"
Chapter 16 Claire Coleman "Indie folk's bowerbirds: Nostalgia and contemporary singer-songwriters"
Chapter 17 Juliane Jones "Play the Bluebird to the Bitter End: Open Mics in Nashville, NYC and Shanghai"
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The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter Handbook provides a useful resource for student songwriters, active musicians, fans and scholars alike. This handbook is divided into four main sections: Songwriting (acoustic and digital), Performance, Music Industry and Case Studies. Section I focuses on the ‘how to’ elements of popular song composition, embracing a range of perspectives and methods, in addition to chapters on the teaching of songwriting to students. Section II deals with the nature of performance: stagecraft, open mic nights, and a number of case studies that engage with performing in a range of contexts. Section III is devoted to aspects of the music industry and the business of music including sales, contract negotiations, copyright, social media and marketing. Section IV provides specific examples of singer-songwriter personae and global open mic scenes. The Singer-Songwriter Handbook is a much-needed single resource for budding singer-songwriters as well as songwriting pedagogues.

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