Beyond Reason: Songwriting On Purpose: A guide to using classical rhetoric to write songs that say what you want them to say. - Softcover

Fallon, Jane Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692796924 ISBN 13: 9780692796924

Publisher: Town Farm Books and Music, 2016

Synopsis

Solo Medalist winner in the New Apple Independent Publishing Awards! Do you want to write meaningful songs? Beyond Reason is a guide to using classical rhetoric to write songs that say what you want them to say. You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. A new way of looking at songwriting that combines inspiration and perspiration.

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About the Author

Jane Fallon holds degrees in English Literature and Competition and Music Theory and Performance from Eastern Oregon University and a Master’s in Composition from Arizona State University. She has taught English Composition, Business Writing, and Public Speaking at several New England Colleges and Universities for 25 years. In addition, she is an award winning songwriter with 4 studio albums, two live CD’s and a book to her credit. She has won the following awards for her songwriting and performance: · Grand Prize Winner, CT Songwriter’s Environmental Songwriting Competition · First Place Woody Guthrie Songwriting Competition · First Place, Will McLean Festival Songwriting Competition · 2nd Place Great River Folk Festival Performing Songwriter Competition · 2nd Place, Ozarks Folk Festival Songwriting Competition · 2nd place, Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Competition · 2nd place, Family Folk Chorale Songwriting Competition · 2nd place, Neuse River Music Fest Songwriting Competition · New Jersey Folk Festival Songwriting Competition Winner · 3rd Place, Our Santa Fe River Songwriting Competition · Finalist, Southern Florida Singer/Songwriter Competition · Finalist, Tangled In a Tree, for Limelight Magazine's Album of the year · Finalist, Rhode Island Songwriters Assn. Competition · Finalist, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition · Finalist, Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Competition · Finalist, Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Competition · Finalist, Solar Fest Performing Songwriter Competition 2011, 2012, 2014 · Finalist, Music2Life Songwriting Competition · Honorable Mention: New England Songwriter Competition, Ossipee Valley Music Festival · Honorable Mention West Coast Songwriter Competition · Honorable Mention, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition · Honorable Mention, Woody Guthrie Songwriting Competition She has performed at venues throughout the country and been selected to perform at The San Francisco Folk Festival, New England Regional Folk Association, Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, The Boston Folk Festival, and the Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival. For more information go to: http://www.janefallon.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Town Farm Books and Music
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692796924
• ISBN 13: 9780692796924
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 201