Confessions of a Serial Songwriter 1st Edition Shelly Peiken

Table Contents:

1. Foreword xi
2. Introduction 1
3. The Muse 5
4. SongSex 9
5. Snapshot: Crystal Blue Persuasion 10
6. Movin’ on Up 11
7. Carly Simon 22
8. So Sue Me 24
9. Underneath It All 27
10. The Mother App 28
11. Snapshot: I Saw the Light 30
12. The Antidote 31
13. A Visit from Jim 40
14. The Opportunists 43
15. Wilson (No) Phillips 46
16. Daring to Suck 50
17. That Song! 51
18. A Perfect Storm 57
19. Bitches & Babies 58
20. Snapshot: Sara Smile 60
21. Her Name Was Christina 61
22. Miss America 66
23. One on One 70
24. Human & the Chrissies 72
25. Christina-The Sequel 77
26. Cars & Cats 78
27. Free Falling 81
28. Almost Doesn’t Count Almost Didn’t 82
29. Snapshot: Maggie May 85
30. So Sue Me (Twice) 86
31. No. 1 91
32. I Could Cry 94
33. Come On Over, Shelly 99
34. Breaking Away 101
35. Napster 104
36. Suzan, My Wife 106
37. The Mother App Revisited 109
38. Map to My Song 111
39. Snapshot: Time Travel 115
40. Cirque du Beatles 117
41. 6 Degrees of John Lennon 119
42. Snapshot: Across the Universe 122
43. Eargasms 123
44. Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus 126
45. What a Girl Wants (The Movie) 127
46. Turn the Page 131
47. Snapshot: Fast Car 133
48. Where Have All the Albums Gone? 134
49. So Sue Me X3 137
50. Forever Young 139
51. Snapshot: What’s Love Got to Do with It? 142
52. Nashville 143
53. Stumbling 146
54. Snapshot: Creep 148
55. Tom & Delilah 149
56. Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes 153
57. Toplining 156
58. 17 Minutes of Britney 158
59. Come Together 163
60. How Hard Can You Get Me 164
61. Double Dipping 167
62. Kum Ba Yah 170
63. Gleeful 174
64. Snapshot: Beautiful 177
65. Worst Session Ever 178
66. Farewell, My Muse 184
67. The Competition 186
68. Snapshot: Human 189
69. He Ain’t Heavy 190
70. Get Off My Cloud 192
71. Fucking You 195
72. The Way It Wasn’t 198
73. (Not So) Gently Down the Stream 202
74. What on Earth Is a Hit Song? 205
75. Ain’t Gonna Happen 210
76. Suddenly 213
77. Grammy Fever 217
78. The Future Always Comes 220
79. Should I Stay or Should I Go 222
80. Snapshot: Complicated 225
81. Tick Tock 226
82. The Pitch 228
83. A Little Help from My Friends 232
84. Accidentally on Purpose 235
85. To Sell or Not to Sell 238
86. So You Want to Be a Songwriter 242
87. Little Earthquakes 244
88. Landsliding 247
89. The Gap 248
90. I Hope You Dance 253
91. Afterword 255
92. Thank you 257
93. Glossary 259
94. Index of Songs 263
95. Index 265
96. Photograph, Text, and Lyric Credits 270
97. About the Author 276