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For years, this set of tools, prompts, and ideas has inspired students on campuses including Yale, Wesleyan, Berklee, Oberlin, and NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside his own lessons, Errico interviews the writers, producers, and A\u0026amp;R executives behind today's biggest hits and investigates the larger questions of creativity through lively conversations with a wide range of innovative thinkers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAstrophysicist Janna Levin explains the importance of repetition, both in choruses and in the exploration of the universe; renowned painter John Currin praises the constraints of form, whether it's within a right-angled canvas or a three-minute pop song; bestselling author George Saunders unpacks the hidden benefit of writing, and revising, authentically; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is that \u003cem\u003eMusic, Lyrics, and Life\u003c\/em\u003e ends up revealing as much about the art of songwriting as it does about who we are, and where we may be going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for songwriters, future content creators, music lovers, and anyone who wants to understand how popular art forms are able to touch us so deeply. 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