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Electrify My Soul: Songwriters And The Spiritual Source
Website: http://www.dankimpel.com Distinguishing the indelible line between creativity and a higher power is an undertaking with deep implications. Whether it is defined as coming from God, the universe, or some collective font of eternal knowledge, most creative individuals acknowledge that at times their inspiration seems to emanate from a mysterious metaphysical source. Songs affect people’s lives on a profound level, and songwriters are especially attuned to these principles. Author Dan Kimpel -- who has interviewed virtually every major songwriter in the history of American popular music -- has observed that many successful songwriters are often able to tap their spirituality for inspiration. Electrify My Soul: Songwriters and the Spiritual Source explains these processes as it tells their stories. Among the narratives: Grammy and Academy-Award winner Melissa Etheridge recounts the battle with cancer that her songs predicted a decade earlier. Billy Joe Shaver’s fire, brimstone and vivid vision of Jesus contrast with the compassionate Christianity of Marcus Hummon (“Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts) and Craig Wiseman (“Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw.) Witness the lost decade and subsequent triumphs of Academy Award winner Paul Williams (“Evergreen” with Barbra Streisand) and the hard-won wisdom of Nashville iconoclast Rodney Crowell who honors creativity with these words, “We are just the anointed messengers.” Although the songwriters span a diversity of practices including Shambhala Buddhism, Orthodox Judaism, Fundamental and New Thought Christianity, Evangelical Agnosticism and Native American beliefs, author Dan Kimpel explains in his introduction that the subject is spirituality, not religion. “I’ve been very careful not to give ink to those who declare they have The Truth and we’d better listen up so we’ll have it, too.” “Midnight at the Oasis,” “What Hurts the Most,” “Come to My Window,” “Rainbow Connection” and “Shame on the Moon” are modern day standards, but it is the celestial connections of their creators that resonate at the heart of this book. Electrify My Soul: Songwriters and the Spiritual Source reveals how divine inspiration is distilled into magnificent songs. #### Cengage Course Technology ISBN 13: 978-1-59863-444-0 © 2008 ISBN 10: 1-59863-444-5 224 Pages Soft Cover Review Copies: Mark Hughes, Mark.Hughes@cengage.com
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