Clint Randles

Growing Songwriting

Student Creativities in the Classroom and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

The history of music education over the past 100 years has centered on traditional band, choir, and orchestra models. Yet music education has always secured a prominent place in the curriculum when it captures the musical imagination of the masses, and research has shown that more and more students are seeking alternative opportunities to engage with music. Songwriting is a 21st Century curricular offering that considers who we are as a society--our desires, our goals, our passions. Most often, songwriting occurs in Modern Band classes that are beginning to pop up all around North America and many parts of the world. This book provides curricular support for those efforts as we look to the present and future of music teaching and learning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780197693223
• ISBN-10: 0197693229
• Artikelnr.: 70151698

Autorenporträt

Clint Randles is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida, where he teaches courses at the intersection of contemporary musicianship, creativity, philosophy, and popular music. His work centers on the development of innovative curricular practice. He enjoys performing on guitar and singing as a part of his role as Director of Contemporary Worship at a church in Tampa.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Prologue
* INTRO
* Chapter 1-An Orientation to Growing Songwriting
* - WATER: When Inspiration Comes
* It's About Growing
* - SUNLIGHT: Finding Your Sound in the Sound of Others
* - SUNLIGHT: The Power of Being Vulnerable
* - SUNLIGHT: What Makes Gardening So Rewarding?
* Being and Becoming a Master Gardener
* The Health of Your Plants (Students) is Priority One
* - WATER: Stevie Wonder's Baby Ruth Candy Bars
* Skill-Building: Part of Your Focus
* WATER: Ben Gibbard Treats Songwriting Like "Going to Work"
* - A Process
* - WATER: 10 Tips on Songwriting from Bob Dylan
* - SUNLIGHT: Five-Minute Thinking
* Discovering Grooves: Opening the Door to their Creativities
* - WATER: The Decline of Improvisation in Classical Music
* - SUNLIGHT: Improvisation Can Change Who You Are
* Finding Harmonic Progressions
* - WATER: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
* - SUNLIGHT: Thinking of Your Own Chord Progression
* Discovering Melodies
* Chord-based melodies.
* Scale-based melodies.
* - Monotone melodies.
* - In Practice
* - WATER: Paul McCartney and "Yesterday"
* - SUNLIGHT: 9 Tips for Writing Melodies
* Writing Lyrics
* - WATER: Asbury Park, N.J.
* - SUNLIGHT: Tips for Writing Better Lyrics
* - Object Writing
* - Song Maps
* The Addiction Formula
* Lessons From Jeff Tweedy
* Sweden and Popular Music: A Model for Your Classroom
* - Global Circulation of Music
* - Favorable Reputation
* - A Global-Local Hybrid
* A Few More Big Ideas Before Getting Started
* - Keep a Journal
* - Study the Mechanics
* - Get Help from People Who are Smarter Than You
* - Keep Trying to Figure Out "Why?"
* Resources Worth Exploring
* PART I-COVERING SONGS
* Chapter 2-Borrowing from Our Heroes
* It All Starts with the Music We Love
* - WATER: Elvis Presley's Musical Influences
* - SUNLIGHT: Daily Listening
* Guiding Principles
* 1. Let them choose their songs most of the time.
* - SUNLIGHT: The Power of Choice
* 2. Try to understand the genres, styles, and artists that make up
your students' musical universe.
* - WATER: Kendrick Lamar's Musical Universe
* 3. Know that your students' songwriting style will in many ways begin
with their musical heroes.
* - SUNLIGHT: Make a List
* 4. As they find their niche and as you begin to understand where they
come from musically, expose them to artists and sounds that might
have inspired their style.
* - WATER: It Might Get Loud
* 5. Help them find keys for the songs that fit their vocal range.
* - SUNLIGHT: Vocal Range
* 6. Help them discover better ways to perform the chords and riffs
that are required of particular songs.
* - WATER: Unique Ways of Playing
* 7. Help them in any way that you can realize their vision for their
cover songs.
* - SUNLIGHT: Five Tips for Making a Song Your Own
* 8. Be prepared to play any parts that are missing to help them
realize their vision for the arrangement of a song.
* - WATER: Performing Along with Your Students
* 9. Think about what your students' emerging style based on their
musical interests might mean for the community that you serve.
* - SUNLIGHT: Community Music
* 10. In what ways can you celebrate and use their heroes to teach the
rest of the class something of value.
* - WATER: The Musical Influences of Michael Jackson
* Benefits from Learning Cover Songs
* 1. Cover songs help you test yourself.
* 2. You get to learn other styles.
* 3. You get to learn YOUR style.
* 4. You get to generate more listenership.
* 5. You get to work more with others.
* 6. Cover songs help you get gigs!
* A Process for Covering Songs
* 1. Learn the Song Correctly
* 2. Respect the Original Artist
* 3. Learn the Lyrics
* 4. Watch Live Performances
* 5. Practice with a Metronome
* 6. Practice a Lot
* 7. Record Yourself
* 8. Make It Your Own
* 9. Use Transpositions
* 10. Play It Like It's the First Time Every Time
* Writing Your Best Music Starts with Covering the Music That You Love
* Resources Worth Exploring
* SEEDS FOR COVER SONG LESSONS
* Chapter 3-Beginner
* A Song That Makes You Happy
* - SUNLIGHT: Some of the Happiest Songs Ever Made
* - WATER: "Summertime": The Most Covered Song of All Time
* Songs About Being Sad
* - SUNLIGHT: Some of the Saddest Songs Ever Written
* - WATER: The Story of "Everybody Hurts"
* Chapter 4-Intermediate
* Work Up Your Favorite Song
* - SUNLIGHT: Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Songs
* - WATER: "Seven Nation Army"
* Songs That Drive Us Crazy
* - SUNLIGHT: Ear Worms
* - WATER: "My Humps"
* Chapter 5-Advanced
* Take The Song in Another Direction
* - SUNLIGHT: Best Cover Songs of All Time
* - WATER: Johnny Cash and "Hurt"
* Making a Mash-Up of at Least Two Songs
* - SUNLIGHT: Thinking About Theme and Structure
* - WATER: The Beatles Cirque Du Soleil Show
* PART II-THE MIDDLE GROUND
* Chapter 6-The Space Between
* - WATER: Dave Matthews Band
* - WATER: Michael Jackson's First Solo Album
* Middle Ground Thinking
* - Advice for Master Gardeners
* - Skill-Building Still Central to Daily Practice
* - Making the Turn
* - SUNLIGHT: Wisdom for Growing: Five Chinese Proverbs
* - SUNLIGHT: Advice About Staying Alert on Long Car Rides
* Do Your Homework
* - Practice What You Preach
* - Consult The Sourcebooks
* - Keep a Journal and Save Student Work
* Their Best Work is Just Around the Corner
* Other Ways to Think about the Middle Ground
* - WATER: Daniel Kim
* - SUNLIGHT: The Best Remixes of All Time
* Technology in the Middle Ground
* - Stems
* - DJ Hardware/Software
* - WATER: Artist "Kittens" and her Gear
* - SUNLIGHT: A Step-by-step Introduction to Digital DJing
* - Hip Hop and Sampling
* - WATER: Paul's Boutique
* Middle Ground Workgroups
* 1. Song(s) Choice
* 2a. Groove Production
* 3a. Listeners' Feedback
* 4. Recording Musicians
* 3b. Listeners' Feedback
* 5. Production/Engineering
* 3c. Listeners' Feedback
* 6. Performers
* 3d. Listeners' Feedback
* Resources Worth Exploring
* SEEDS FOR MIDDLE GROUND LESSONS
* Chapter 7-Beginner
* Your First Remix
* - WATER: The Story of Sickick's Remix of Madonna's "Frozen"
* - SUNLIGHT: New Skills to Practice
* Chapter 8-Intermediate
* Doing Some Sampling
* - WATER: A Lesson from Kanye West
* - SUNLIGHT: Most Iconic Samples of All Time
* Chapter 9-Advanced
* Next Level Thievery
* - WATER: The Weekend's "Out of Time" Sampled a Popular Japanese Song
* - SUNLIGHT: You Can Change the Key and Tempo of Samples
* PART III-SONGWRITING
* Chapter 10-Developing an Artist Voice
* - WATER: Rick Rubin
* - SUNLIGHT: Plans and Happy Accidents
* Songwriting Journals are Essential
* - WATER: Eddie Vedder's Notebooks
* Lyrical Beginnings
* - Object Writing
* - Nouns and Verbs Ladders
* Musical Beginnings
* Melody
* - WATER: Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* - Chord Progressions
* - SUNLIGHT: "Musician on a Mission"-New Zealand
* - Riffs and Tracks
* - Tonal Cues
* Developmental Techniques
* - Musical Flow
* - Contrast
* - Suspense
* - Points of reference
* - Climax
* Organization: Song Maps
* - Tension/Response
* - Problem/Declaration
* - Timezones
* - Places
* - Roles
* - Twist
* - Literal/Figural
* Using a DAW During the Creative Process
* - Flow Chart for Writing a Song Using a DAW
* - Old Thinking and New Technology
* - SUNLIGHT: Song Exploder
* Songwriting Workgroups
* - WATER: Motown
* 1. Idea Generation
* - SUNLIGHT: Suspend Judgement
* 2a. Lyric Writing
* 2b. Music Writing
* - WATER: Cheiron Studios
* 3a. Listeners' Feedback
* - SUNLIGHT: John Kratus
* 4. Recordings
* - WATER: The Engineers of Abbey Road Studios
* 3b. Listeners' Feedback
* - WATER: Dr. Dre's Musical Magicians
* 5. Production/Engineering
* 3c. Listeners' Feedback
* 6. Performers
* 3d. Listeners' Feedback
* Resources Worth Exploring
* SEEDS FOR SONGWRITING LESSONS
* Chapter 11-Beginner
* Object Writing as a Place to Start
* - WATER: Red Hot Mojo Rising
* - SUNLIGHT: The Power of Collaboration
* Start With Word Ladders: Nouns and Verbs
* - WATER: "It's Tricky"
* - SUNLIGHT: Beatles Tips for Mixing Things Up
* Start With a Riff
* - WATER: "Walk This Way"
* - SUNLIGHT: Most Memorable Riffs of All Time
* Chapter 12-Intermediate
* Using "Song Maps"
* - WATER: Keep It Simple
* - SUNLIGHT: Following a Recipe
* A Song in the Style of Reggae
* - WATER: Bob Marley's Inspiration for "Three Little Birds"
* - SUNLIGHT: Chronicling the Best Reggae Songs of All Time
* Stealing Words from a Book
* - WATER: Nas and Wordsmithing
* - SUNLIGHT: Rhyming Dictionary Bliss
* Chapter 13-Advanced
* Don't Be Yourself
* - WATER: Becoming Ziggy Stardust
* - SUNLIGHT: Seeing Through Other People's Eyes
* Experimental Rhymes
* - WATER: Approaching 8-Mile
* - SUNLIGHT: Dreaming and Scheming
* Cut-Up Technique(s)
* - WATER: John Lennon's Practice: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
* - SUNLIGHT: Cut-Up Technique in Literature
* OUTRO
* Chapter 14-A Whole New World of Original Songs
* - SUNLIGHT: Viktor Frankel and Living a Meaningful Life
* - WATER: Stevie Wonder and Spirituality
* - WATER: U2 and Longevity
* Finding Your Way
* - Tech or No Tech
* - A Lowell Mason Spirit
* - Baseline Musicianship
* - SUNSHINE: George Washington Carver's Focus on Science and The Arts
* - The Power of Collaboration
* - WATER: Linkin Park and Jay-Z
* - SUNLIGHT: About Chemical Reactions
* - WATER: The Motor City Five (MC5)
* - SUNLIGHT: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and a Love of Plants
* Study the Systems: An Automobile Analogy
* - Drive Train
* - Fuel System
* - Ignition System
* - Electrical System
* Cooling System
* - Braking System
* - Suspension System
* - Steering System
* Master Gardener Similitude
* Focusing on Healthy Plants
* Skill-Building: Spend Your Time Wisely
* - Discovering Grooves
* - Finding Harmonic Progressions
* - Discovering Melodies
* - Writing Lyrics
* Final Words
* Resources Worth Exploring
* Index