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THE ART OF NOISE offers an unprecedented collection of insightful, of-the-moment conversations with twenty-seven great British songwriters and composers. They discuss everything from their individual approaches to writing, to the inspiration behind their most successful songs, to the techniques and methods they have independently developed to foster their creativity.
Contributors include:
Sting* Ray Davies* Robin Gibb* Jimmy Page* Joan Armatrading* Noel Gallagher* Lily Allen* Annie Lennox* Damon Albarn* Noel Gallagher* Laura Marling* Paul Weller* Johnny Marr* and many more
Musician-turned-author Daniel Rachel approaches each interview with an impressive depth of understanding-of the practice of songwriting, but also of each musician's catalog. The result is a collection of conversations that's probing, informed, and altogether entertaining-what contributor Noel Gallagher called "without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write."
The collected experience of these songwriters makes this book the essential word of songwriting- as spoken by the songwriters themselves.
Contributors include:
Sting* Ray Davies* Robin Gibb* Jimmy Page* Joan Armatrading* Noel Gallagher* Lily Allen* Annie Lennox* Damon Albarn* Noel Gallagher* Laura Marling* Paul Weller* Johnny Marr* and many more
Musician-turned-author Daniel Rachel approaches each interview with an impressive depth of understanding-of the practice of songwriting, but also of each musician's catalog. The result is a collection of conversations that's probing, informed, and altogether entertaining-what contributor Noel Gallagher called "without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write."
The collected experience of these songwriters makes this book the essential word of songwriting- as spoken by the songwriters themselves.
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"This is without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write. Fantastic, insightful interviews. I remember being interviewed for it at the time and thinking, 'I wish all interviews were like this.' "
Noel Gallagher
"A great set of questions. I'm proud to be a part of this project."
Ray Davies
"Rachel is a really intelligent, clued-up, and musically astute interviewer and his book is worth more than its hefty weight."
Daily Sport (UK)