FAWM : "Contribute to my thesis research on songwriting? :D" (by @carleybaer)

@carleybaer 8w

Y'all, I'm super excited to be in my last year of undergrad for Music Ed—for many reasons—not least of which because I get to do a thesis project on whatever I want :D so naturally I'm focusing on songwriting and how constraints (like time and collaboration) can actually help writers become more prolific and self-confident, which leads to becoming stronger writers and musicians.

Do you agree? I want to talk to you.
Do you disagree? I want to talk to you. :D

I'm working on a Google survey for songwriters to fill out that will hopefully cover all the bases of inquiry, so let me know if you're interested in receiving that and filling it out. There may be a supplemental interview option as well, if follow-up or clarification is needed. The surveys won't go out until at least March, so don't worry about creating extra work for February or having it fall through the cracks in the madness of FAWM.

One other thing to know: the final paper will be published on my school's library website and available to the whole world, so I will make certain, if any potentially-identifying insights are included, that everyone remains anonymous unless they give express written consent to be named (I had to go through IRB evaluation for this and everything).

Thank you in advance for your insights! I look forward to hearing from whoever is moved to contribute.

@carleybaer 7w

This is already exceeding all my expectations, you all rock! (but we already knew that, you are FAWMers after all). I'm updating the comment further up the thread with folks as they volunteer, just to keep everyone in one place. I've been able to stay on top of it since we're not actually writing yet, but once things get a little crazy, if you don't see your name added to the master list after a day or two, just ping me. And there's still room for more! The larger the data set, the better :)

@neverquitjeff 6w

The Frustrated Songwriter's Handbook
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The songwriting method employed by the ICS is detailed in The Frustrated Songwriter's Handbook (ISBN 0-87930-879-6), written by Nicholas Dobson and Karl Coryat and published by Backbeat Books. The book details the philosophy of the ICS and refers to the ICS songwriting system as "Immersion Music Method." Tim Rice-Oxley has said he uses the method to write songs for Keane,[7] and Jez Williams, guitarist for British band Doves, has cited the book as inspiration for their 2009 album Kingdom of Rust.[8][9] Members of the American experimental rock band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and many others have also reported using IMM's "songwriting games" at times to generate material for albums.