How to Write One Song

Jeff Tweedy, the acclaimed singer-songwriter of Wilco, has written a book on how to write one song. He shares his unique perspective on song-writing and provides a warm, accessible guide for beginners, encouraging them to make creativity a part of their everyday lives. The book has received critical acclaim for its insightful and practical advice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 03 February 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber

A Rough Trade and Pitchfork Book of the Year, A guide to rediscovering the joys of creating that we all felt as children.

New York Times

One of the century's most feted singer-songwriters, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, digs deep into his own creative process to share his unique perspective about song-writing and offers a warm, accessible guide to writing your first song, championing the importance of making creativity part of your everyday life and experiencing the hope, inspiration, and joy that accompanies it.

Fascinating.

Rough Trade

Eloquent.

Independent

Nourishing.

Pitchfork

A proselytiser for the act of songcraft.

Financial Times

A smart, funny, relentlessly practical guide.

GQ

Delightful.

Esquire

Incisigve.

Vulture

A book written by a musician that doesn't relay autobiographical details in some form of (even loose) chronology is unusual; they typically have their own story to tell and that's it, good or bad.

Writing a book that goes some way to explaining the process behind their songwriting is something else altogether.

Jeff Tweedy, in How to Write One Song, achieves this.

Irish Times

Weight: 148g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571369393
Edition number: Main