Comments on: Free Songwriting Ebooks

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:36:24 +0000

I have been doing a lot of research on the origins of songwriting and have found the best book to be by G W Thompson it is called the Prehistoric Aegean and he details the origins of songs in the labour process.

Chopping wood, rowing boats etc causes us to exhale at the point of exhertion OOOHHHH for example. Doing it together in sync we have a leader call out Lift the axe up, hold it, bring it down OOOHHHHH from us.

Over time the OOOHHHH became a chorus such as OH YES or HEAVE HO. One great example from sail boats is “Louis was the king before the revolution.” Chorus “Heave away, haul away” “Cutting his head off spoiled his constitution” rpt chorus.

So the lessons for us are: the Top 40 is an historical blip in songwriting terms; use consonants in the verses and vowels in the chorus; write songs about the everyday activities and people around you and they will have a greater chance of survival.

And I can’t download the E books either. I want to take the Worksheets to my next singer songwriter so if you can help it would be great for all. Also Alan Lomax in the Land Where Blues Began explains the origin of blues and the importance of organising labour and I have a new website where i am trying to raise issues about the mentally ill and the foul deal they get. tonycornwell.com

By: Jong

Jong — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:24:12 +0000

Thank you for the free information!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:15:10 +0000

Hi Phil,

This shouldn’t be a problem – I’ve just checked the email list and your email is on it. The next email newsletter will be out by the end of next week and you should recieve it. I’m currently working on an answer to the question you left via fanbridge too.

Tom

By: Phil Lawson

Phil Lawson — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:55:20 +0000

My settup is blocked at work it will not let me confurm my e mail address because i had to use my home computer to accsess your web page is this a problem. will i not get your emails now. please let me no i hope this does not cause any inconveniance

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:44:24 +0000

Hi Laya,

Apologies for not replying sooner, I’ve been away from the internet for a week. Have you checked your spam folder? The email you recieve after signing up might have ended up in there. If not, drop me an email at tomslattermusic AT gmail.com and I’ll forward the email to you manually.

By: laya

laya — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:34:00 +0000

Hi there

I’ve added my name to your email list several times but can’t get download for books??

Can you please email them to me?

Cheers
Laya

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:50:42 +0000

Sorry about that Darryl.

You should have recieved an email from fanbridge – it might have got lost in a spam filter or something. Give me two secs and I’ll email it to you manually…

Tom

By: dazaboy@gmail.com

dazaboy@gmail.com — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:46:45 +0000

Hey Tom

Signed up for the list but I can’t seem to download the books.
I’m doing this on my iPad … Something I’m missing?

Darryl

By: abiola Ayoola

abiola Ayoola — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:02:21 +0000

I wanna be well versed in rules of harmony.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:36:31 +0000

Hi Rob,

Hopefully ‘How to Harmonise’ will start to answer some of those questions. If you have any specific questions I would leave to hear them and will do my best to answer!

Tom