More Songwriters on Songwriting

Twenty-five years after publishing his original ground-breaking collection of insight and advice from the greatest songwriters to ever grace the airwaves, Paul Zollo releases the much-anticipated follow-up volume. The sequel to the bestselling Songwriters on Songwriting features new, revealing interviews with Leiber & Stoller, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Stephen Stills, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Newman, Brian Wilson, and dozens of other music legends. Once again crossing genres to cover the breadth of popular music over the past decade and a half, Songwriters on Songwriting, Volume 2 is a rare look inside the music industry an invaluable resource to musicians, songwriters, and students and an entertaining and important record of a quarter-century of music.

“"[Zollo] distills the most salient passages of his conversations and renders compelling portraits. As a songwriter who understands the art form, he also brings to the table the kind of easygoing empathy that allows him to ask the right question in response to the previous answer."-- Los Angeles Review of Books”

"You'll be richly repaid wherever you dip into this wide-ranging, informative, entertaining, and instructive collection of interviews."?No Depression, 11/10/16 "A must for songwriters everywhere."?Booklist (starred review), 11/15/16 "[More Songwriters on Songwriting] is a book to revisit often, providing valuable insight for fans and invaluable inspiration for other songwriters." ?American Songwriter Jan/Feb issue

Paul Zollo is a singer-songwriter, former editor of SongTalk, and has written for magazines such as Sing Out!, Acoustic Guitar, and Musician. He is currently an editor for BlueRailroad.com and a senior editor of American Songwriter. He lives in Hollywood, California.

Twenty-five years after publishing his original ground-breaking collection of insight and advice from the greatest songwriters to ever grace the airwaves, Paul Zollo releases the much-anticipated follow-up volume. The sequel to the bestselling Songwriters on Songwriting features new, revealing interviews with Leiber & Stoller, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Stephen Stills, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Newman, Brian Wilson, and dozens of other music legends. Once again crossing genres to cover the breadth of popular music over the past decade and a half, Songwriters on Songwriting, Volume 2 is a rare look inside the music industry an invaluable resource to musicians, songwriters, and students and an entertaining and important record of a quarter-century of music.

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