The Art of Noise ─ Conversations With Great Songwriters

THE ART OF NOISE offers an unprecedented collection of insightful, of-the moment conversations with twenty-seven of the great songwriters. They discuss everything from their approach to writing, to the inspiration behind their most successful songs, to the techniques and methods they have independently developed to foster their creativity.

Contributors include:

Sting * Ray Davies * Robin Gibb * Jimmy Page * Joan Armatrading * Noel Gallagher * Lily Allen * Annie Lennox * Damon Albarn * Noel Gallagher * Laura Marling * Paul Weller * Johnny Marr * and many more

Each interview is approached with depth of understanding--of the practice of songwriting, but also of the individual musician's catalog. The result is a collection of interviews that's probing, informed, and altogether entertaining—what contributor Noel Gallagher called "without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write."

The collected experience of these songwriters makes this book the essential word of songwriting--as told by the songwriters themselves.

DANIEL RACHEL is a writer and musician. He wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead singer of Rachel's Basement. A specialist in Forum Theatre direction, he lives in north London with his partner and three children. The Art of Noise is his first book.