Like the Scott Stap "Yarl" method of singing
July 7, 2010 11:15 AM   Subscribe

Is there a musical equivalent to TVtropes.org?

I'd love to find a website, book, video, anything that breaks down and explores common elements of songwriting, similar to the way TV tropes breaks down common elements of Storytelling.
posted by tylerfulltilt to Media & Arts (4 answers total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
"Tunesmith; Inside the Art of Songwriting" by Jimmy Webb
http://amzn.com/0786884886


Also a lot of newer, and possibly better, songs on songwriting. If you're less interested in the "how-to" and just want to read some snark on how, for example, certain artists put every song in the same key, or what-have-you, well, look here:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicTropes
posted by randomkeystrike at 11:35 AM on July 7, 2010 [1 favorite]


It looks like tvtropes has pretty much exactly what you want, as per randomkeystrike's link
posted by Think_Long at 11:53 AM on July 7, 2010


I think TVtropes' music stuff is a bit scattershot, and only a bit of it is actually about songwriting elements--a lot is about what uses music is put to (i.e. used in video games, etc.).
posted by Beardman at 12:40 PM on July 7, 2010


Well to some degree that sounds like the Music Genome Project - either fortunately or unfortunately, that's mainly dedicated to Pandora Radio nowadays.
posted by Lemurrhea at 12:43 PM on July 7, 2010


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