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Issue 17.2
May 2014

In This Issue:
* Editor's Musings
* Music Reviews - None this month - Send in your music! :)
* New Artist Spotlight Additions
* Songwriting Book Review - by Tim Zbikowski
* Musical Notes - Songwriting Contests & Market Info.
* Muse's Clues - Songwriting Web sites that inspire - by adventurer and songwriter, Richard Miller.
* Featured Article: Quick Tip: What Do Rubber Bands, Sneezes, and Melodies Have In Common? by Brad Dunse
* On Site Featured Article - An article (or articles) already online for your viewing pleasure.
* Classifieds & Useful Services
* Contact information
ISSN 1480-6975. Copyright 1998-2014 - Jodi Krangle.
For more contact information, see end of issue.

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Editor's Musings:

Well folks, for those of us just coming out of the deep freeze, I salute you. :) Honestly, it's been a bit quiet around here. That can be nice sometimes. To me, it anticipates a *really* busy summer. Hope it does for you guys too!

Unfortunately, David M Taylor II discovered he'd overextended himself and had to step down as our new Muse's Clues writer. We have a replacement, however. And I'm really excited about this because I think he'll bring you some great options for both online resources *and* apps for your iPad, iPhone or android device. His latest article is included below so I hope you'll join me in welcoming, Richard Miller. I think you'll really enjoy his unique perspective.

Moving right along, the raffle winners this month are:

  • Miguel Capelo, from Durban, South Africa, has won a copy of Virtual Studio Systems' Lyricist software.
  • Bethany Bastura from Austin, TX, has won a copy of James Moore's digital music marketing book, "Your Band Is A Virus - Expanded Edition". This edition is the bigger and better version of the bestselling book "Your Band Is A Virus - Behind-the-Scenes & Viral Marketing for the Independent Musician". Almost double the size of it's predecessor, it's the ultimate music marketing guide for serious independent musicians and bands. 

  • Rose Johnson, from Briarcliff Manor, NY, has won a free 3 month membership to SongU, an Internet-based learning environment providing online coaching, co-writing and pitching opportunities, in addition to over 70 multi-level courses developed by award-winning songwriters.

  • Terri Evenson from Nashville, TN, has won a 6 month membership to GuitarMasterClass.net. GMC has tons of helpful videos, instructors and lessons along with a forum for chatting with teachers and students 24/7, recording collaborations, attending video chats, & content for bass, drums, singing, piano, etc.

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If you'd like to be considered for a raffle prize yourself, have a look at the various prizes offered at the top of The Muse's News webpage, decide which prizes you'd most like, and email me with your top two choices along with your mailing address so that I can get the prizes to you. Yes, it's really that simple. :) (And yes, the mailing address is kinda important. I promise it won't be used for any other reason than to send you your raffle prize - and to mention your approximate location in the notice of raffle winners you see above here.)

Really glad to have you with us and I hope you have a wonderfully inspirational spring!

All the best,

--Jodi

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Music Reviews:

NEW MUSIC REVIEWS SINCE LAST MONTH INCLUDE:

It's been a slow month, so no new reviews at this point ...

Click here for bios on each of the reviewers. If you're considering sending in your own CD for review, you can also view that page to find out which reviewer reviews your genre. Thanks!

Artist Spotlights:

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in the Artist Spotlight section of The Muse's Muse.

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Irene Jackson - Genre: SINGER/SONGWRITER

Jackson's introspective, refreshingly cheerful Folk Pop recalls the glory days of James Taylor and Carole King. The sweet-voiced Canadian sings about the pleasures and pains of ordinary life in a quotidian way that draws favorable comparisons to a less countrified Nanci Griffith.

Songwriting Book Review By: Tim Zbikowski


The Ultimate Book on Songwriting
http://www.alkasha.com
by Al Kasha

If you intend to write a book with this title you better have good credentials, and Al Kasha does.  He is a highly successful songwriter in multiple genres with credits in TV, film (including Disney) and movie or stage musicals.  Al and cowriter Joel Hirschorn won Academy Awards for "The Morning After" in the Poseidon Adventure and "We May Never Love Like This Again" in the Towering Inferno.

This book is easy to read, but checking in at 324 pages, you likely won't go cover-to-cover in one sitting.  Al references hundreds of song titles to illustrate his points, of which I will note a few.

Al suggests you subject your songs to the "hummable test": "Can the piece be whistled, hummed, remembered?" 

Expressing his thoughts on perfect rhymes versus near rhymes, Al comments you may be choosing between going for a perfect rhyme, or instead going for the best thought by using a near rhyme.  Also, should you include internal rhymes or will they seem forced?  To aid your decision, he recommends "talking your lyrics" to determine if they sound natural.  "The ultimate achievement is lyrics that are conversational pictures."

If you want your lyrics to sound modern, Al recommends becoming familiar with current expressions.  However, be careful of using words that may become quickly dated.  (When's the last time you put a dime in a pay phone?)

Al discusses some specific details of songs.  For example, titles are important and can define a story, list, mood or tempo for a song.  "Write powerful first lines, lines that stir the emotion and build tension."  Set the "tonal flavor" by using language in your lyrics matching that used by the characters in the song.

Kasha devotes several chapters to writing for film or TV and movie or stage musicals.  One comment I found interesting was the songwriter’s job is not to write the story, rather it is to write about the feelings or emotions of the scene or characters.  Additional chapters describe the demo process, making records, and choosing publishers.  He includes a chapter on collaboration and an extended one on Christian songwriting, a topic not commonly covered in songwriting texts. 

Throughout the book, Al relates a very substantial amount of his personal experiences gained in a long and productive career.  He concludes with comments on creating your own image and brand and hopes you will be inspired to "make it big".

Although I honestly believe there will never be one ultimate book on songwriting, I do think ultimately you will learn something from Al Kasha in "The Ultimate Book on Songwriting."  Write on!

******

ABOUT THE REVIEWER:

Tim Zbikowski is an active member of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters, assisting with song critiques and presentations on songwriting. His introduction to music was piano lessons in the early 1960’s. He played drums in a garage band and in his high school’s band program. Tim bought his first personal computer in 1984 and by the 1990’s connected a keyboard to a computer. When notes appeared on a staff on the monitor, he was hooked forever! Tim is a free-lance audio engineer, seriously studies the craft of songwriting, and enjoys the mental recreation and stimulation of writing in multiple genres.

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Muse's Clues - Richard Miller

©2014 Richard Miller. All Rights Reserved.
Used By Permission

A song, generally, is built from rhythm, melody, harmony and, I would argue, lyric. From those ingredients it is possible to express every mood and emotion and every story from all of time.

That's a lot.

I don't know about you but for me, with all that to choose from, it can sometimes be difficult to find a place to start. True, occasionally, you can be walking down the street, minding your own business, when a song comes up and, for no apparent reason, bops you on the head. However, far more often the pump needs to be primed because, to get good, we need to write and write and write.

Casting around the internet for starting point ideas I came across this video: FOLI. It is a film by Thomas Roebers, an independent filmmaker from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Obviously this is not a songwriting website but the film drives home the point that we are surrounded by rhythms of all sorts and fires the inspiration to listen out for them. They make great starting points for musical material because, most of the time, they're already internalised which means they can be worked on at any time without the need of an instrument or a studio.

I thought of a few examples:

We live in the city. It's now possible to work in the studio and warm enough to throw open the windows. I start each day there and as the first shot of coffee stirs what's left of my brain, the crow of the rooster, tap of footsteps, the swoosh of bicycles and cars, and the rumble of trucks climb through the window as the
neighbourhood starts another day.

Boxing Day in Wales: We'd been to a Rugby League International between Wales and Western Samoa in Cardiff and drifted back to Swansea around two in the morning. Sitting in Nick's parent's lounge I drifted in and out of a Brains induced semi-conciousness listening to the conversation. The others were quietly talking rugby of the ages. The Welsh lilt created a soothing rhythm and melody that is still strong today.

Our first neighbours in Belgium were Andre and Agnes. We would go to their house for Sunday dinner, eat and drink extremely well and talk. Agnes was a little girl during the war. She says in 1939 the soldiers marched through with a CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP. In 1944 they passed through with a swoosh, a swoosh, and a swoosh.... (I could feel the opening strains of Pennsylvania 6- 5000 creep up my spine as she spoke)

For further ideas it became a case of working out how to ask the search engine the right question. Finally, a couple caught the eye:

Handbook for Acoustic Ecology: Originally published by the World Soundscape Project, Simon Fraser University, and ARC Publications, 1978 has some everyday rhythmic examples.

At Heartwood Guitar there are some musical rhythmic examples. It would be good to either find or build a library. If there are others out there please share them.

******

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Richard Miller is a caterpillar who has begun his chrysalis phase. Originally from Maine, Richard has, via a series of mis-adventures and accidents, worked as an accountant in the English Midlands, a systems programmer on the South Coast of England (where he also pursued an illustrious career in rugby) and a statistical programmer in Belgium. Now he has put all that aside, bought a house, stripped it back to the brick and started to renovate it from top to bottom while simultaneously transforming himself from a results oriented automaton into a winged song writer. You can peak inside the chrysalis at: www.vanishingpirates.com.

Featured Article - By Brad Dunse

QUICK TIP: What Do Rubber Bands, Sneezes, and Melodies Have In Common?

What comes to your mind when you think of rubber bands?

 For me it’s recalling one stretched between my pointer finger and thumb, loading up a tightly bent wad of paper, pulling it back, letting go, and watching it sail right past the ear of a kid in the front row. I digress…

 Rubber bands, when in their relaxed state are loose and comfortable. When they are pulled or stretched they build up what?

 Tension, that’s right.

 Here’s another way of thinking of melodic tension. I know you’ve had times when you were chatting with someone and you felt a sneeze coming on, right?

 Just a little tickle, but then it builds to a point where you have to stop talking. You’re assuming the person you were chatting with thinks you’re nuts for holding up a finger, half-watering eyes, and your mouth stretched like it’s your last gasp of air.

 It just won’t go. It’s just hanging right there. After a couple half-hearted attempts to get that sucker out and over with, finally… aaaaaaCHOOO!

 Man, it felt good to rid that tension, didn’t it?

 Oddly enough, that’s exactly what we want to do in our melodies at times. We want a listener to feel our melody, then feel it build a bit, maybe give just a little tension release as a teaser, then build it up more; and keep doing that until… aaaaaCHOO! The melody releases and it feels oh so good to the musical ear.

 Our musical ear is accustomed to certain melodic resolves in music. We come to expect it. We don’t want a song to end in a melodic phrase that leaves the melody half finished.

 It’d be like going to a movie and just when the mystery was about to be revealed by the sleuth saying…

 “And the mystery murderer is…”

 And it fades to black… “The End.” That would really suck wouldn’t it?

 We can however, build melodies in our song that tend to play with our ear. Tease it a little. Send it on a little roller coaster of notes and energy in the song.

 And do I have the perfect song for you to check out this month for that. You’ve probably heard the radio version of this song, but you’ll want to hear the demo version of it on his “Love is a Four Letter Word Deluxe version.” For me, it has so much more emotion and tension in it.

 Check out Jason Mraz’s demo version of I won’t Give Up Demo Version.

 Before you listen though, pay attention to a few things that help build melodic anticipation and release.

 • What I would consider one verse to start the lyrics which is typical, but good to note now.

 • A chorus which drops in melody from the verse. We normally expect choruses to increase in register, and this builds tension in an opposite way, but very effective at that point, and more even later.

 • Next is only a half verse which goes into…

 • A second chorus in a much more energetic vocal range. Same melody as the first chorus but in a higher range. We’ve got different words and different title placement.

 • Then we launch into an unusually long bridge for a verse/chorus song. Notice how it builds once, again a second time, and then a third time as we hang on the ending notes to release into the first chorus again in the upper vocal register.

 • We are released from the chorus to another soft verse.

 • Then to add even more tension by bottoming out to a completely acapella chorus which totally sets up the finale of another chorus all together with accompanying background vocals.

 That last set of choruses serve as the full stretch of the rubber band just before it is about to be released into the title for the last time.

 These roller coaster melodies and energies really are effective and worth trying to implement in your own writing.

 If you hadn’t yet, go check out Jason’s I Won't Give Up Demo Version once or twice and just feel the emotion in the vocals and melodies. Try once to listen just to the melody feeling and not focus on words. You’ll see what I’m getting at here.

 Until next time… keep writing from the heart!

*****

Brad Dunse is a performing songwriter based deep in the country's heartland reflecting sensitivity of daily living in his songs. Writing primarily in Folk, Country, Pop, or Americana, he occasionally writes CCM. Co-writer of The Wall, a tribute to Viet Vets receiving major market airplay, he's also received airplay on NPR, local public, independent, and web radio. He is a freelance writer, is board member of Minnesota Association of Songwriters, been member or involved in ASCAP, NSAI, SongU and other organizations. You can visit his web site at WWW.BRADDUNSEMUSIC.COM as well Add As Facebook Friend or Follow Him On Twitter.

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Contrasting Your Sections, as Done by Judy Garland - by Anthony Ceseri

One of my favorite concepts in songwriting is writing contrasting sections. In other words, what you can do to make your verse sound different from your chorus and your bridge. Writing contrasting sections is too often ignored by aspiring songwriters, but it’s so crucial to writing a song that people want to hear.

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