How to Write About Music (eBook, PDF)

Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid clichés (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved art form. Selections from the critically-acclaimed 33 1/3 series appear alongside new interviews and insights from authors like Lester Bangs, Chuck Klosterman, Owen Pallet, Ann Powers and Alex Ross.

How to Write About Music includes primary sources of inspiration from a variety of go-to genres such as the album review, the personal essay, the blog post and the interview along with tips, writing prompts and advice from the writers themselves.

Music critics of the past and the present offer inspiration through their work on artists like Black Sabbath, Daft Punk, J Dilla, Joy Division, Kanye West, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Pussy Riot and countless others. How to Write About Music is an invaluable text for all those who have ever dreamed of getting their music writing published and a pleasure for everyone who loves to read about music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781628920451
• Artikelnr.: 48421675

Autorenporträt

Marc Woodworth is a Lecturer in the English department at Skidmore College, USA, and Associate Editor of Salmagundi Magazine. Ally-Jane Grossan is editor of the 33 1/3 series published by Bloomsbury.

Inhaltsangabe

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 REVIEW
WRITING PROMPT: MAKE IT BETTER
THE GO-BETWEENS: HOW TO MAKE CONTACTS

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 EDITOR NEEDS

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 INTERVIEW SUBJECT

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
THE GO-BETWEENS: HOW IS MUSIC WRITING DIFFERENT?

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 BEYONCÉ
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 Hüsker Dü
CAMPBELL MCGRATH ON BOB DYLAN
WRITING PROMPT: THE ANNOTATED MIX TAPE
WRITING PROMPT: OTHER VOICES
WRITING PROMPT: HEADLINES FROM TITLES
THE GO-BETWEENS: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
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:

Rezensionen

Collection of great long and short pieces on (pop) music, profiles, analyses and personal reactions; practical manual for breaking into a challenging and protean business; text for a cool college course; all-star lineup of contemporary music writers; models for venues from your own blog to the New Yorker; thing to dip into for bite-size bits of advice-How To Write About Music is, as the Dead Boys never quite put it, all this (and more). Highlights include Chuck Klosterman's interview how-to, Susan Fast's exegesis of Dangerous, Alex Ross's Radiohead, and, and, and-the volume draws on the 33 1/3 books without being in thrall to them, and it introduces many styles and many tastes-it's hard to imagine a better place to start. Stephen Burt, Professor of English, Harvard University, USA