{"id":18876,"date":"2024-01-22T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=18876"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:40:59","slug":"dylans-writing-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/dylans-writing-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"DYLAN\u00b4S WRITING STANDARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DYLAN\u00b4S WRITING STANDARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Norman Warwick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I noticed a recent Facebook post that referred to Bob Dylan\u00b4s latest book, The Philosophy Of Modern Song. From Inside The World of Music. It reminded me why we recommended you to build a bigger bookshelf to make room for the book. In Dylan At The Philospher\u00b4s Stone on 8th<\/sup> December 2023 \u00a0we provided a short introduction to the work, and Inside The World of Music have amplified our thoughts on an fb post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say that<\/em> \u00b4Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan<\/a> seldom speaks and can go years without saying a word in public. Thankfully, Dylan has now broken his silence, and among the topics discussed is creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dylan has given a rare insight into his mind to Wall Street Journal for a wide-ranging discussion, including his thoughts on streaming, his favourite television shows, and how he approaches the art of song-writing. In his perspective, music today is more disposable than ever, and most songs \u00b4 won\u2019t go on to become standards\u00b4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The musician wrote: \u201cCreativity is: a funny thing. When we\u2019re inventing something, we\u2019re more vulnerable than we\u2019ll ever be. Eating and sleeping mean nothing. We\u2019re in \u2018Splendid Isolation,\u2019 like in the Warren Zevon song; the world of self, Georgia O\u2019Keeffe alone in the desert. To be creative you\u2019ve got to be unsociable and tight-assed. Not necessarily violent and ugly, just unfriendly and distracted. You\u2019re self-sufficient and you stay focused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dylan continued: \u201cVery few songs of today will go on to become standards. Who is going to write standards today? A rap artist? A hip-hop or rock star? A raver, a sampling expert, a pop singer? That\u2019s music for the establishment. It\u2019s easy listening. It just parodies real life, goes through the motions, puts on an act. A standard is on another level. It\u2019s a role model for other songs, one in a thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fascinatingly, Dylan also discussed his own songwriting methods and his flexible approach to creativity. He added: \u201cI write songs when the mood strikes me, not with a set routine. My method is transportable. I can write songs anywhere at any time, although some of them are completed and redefined at recording sessions, some even at live shows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dylan recently released a book full of his musings on the world of music in The Philosophy Of Modern Song. The book has been released through Schuster & Schuster and finds him analysing 66 songs which have been crucial in the development of the format of a song into what it\u2019s become today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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