SKU: GI.G-9234
Unlocking the Great
Songs Inside You.
Composed by Mark Caro and
Steve Dawson. Music
Education. 192 pages. GIA
Publications #9234.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9234).
ISBN 9781622772117.
English.
I
don’t claim to
know how to teach anybody
anything, let alone
something so individual
and subjective as writing
songs. The truth is, dear
readers, you already know
how to write songs.
You’ve been, in a
sense, studying them your
whole life. My goal as a
teacher, and the goal of
this book, is
‘unlocking the
great songs inside
you.’
They’re in there.
I have witnessed the
births of hundreds of
songs in class, some so
beautiful that the class
is wiping back tears by
the end. These songs were
written by people exactly
like you: lovers of
music, strummers of
guitars, banjos,
mandolins, people
who’ve dreamed of
writing songs like the
ones they love. So,
welcome and good luck.
— Steve Dawson,
from the Introduction
T_x001F_ake It to the
Bridge combines a_x001E_
lively, instructive
dia_x001E_logue, helpful
chord, key _x001E_and
song-form cha_x001E_rts,
_x001E_and
crea_x001E_tive
songwriting assignments
designed to inspire
_x001E_anyone who ever
h_x001E_as thought of
_x001E_adding songs to
the world. Steve Dawson
is a
singer/songwriter/musicia
n who leads the rock/folk
band Dolly Varden and has
taught songwriting and
guitar at
Chicago’s Old Town
School of Folk Music for
more than a decade. Mark
Caro is author of the
award-winning
non_x001D_iction book The
Foie Gras Wars and has
written about music,
f_x001D_ilm, food and
culture for the Chicago
Tribune, The New York
Times, and other
publications.
http://www.tothebridgeson
gwriting.com/.