Posts tagged blues music

There’s a chapter in How Music Works where David Byrne looks at the effect of the introduction of record player. Until then, if someone wanted music in their house, they had to play it. Or find someone else who could. Musical literacy at this time meant playing instruments, and almost everybody could play at least one.

J KennyApril 14, 2026AI in writing, writing process, writing fiction, writing a book, ghostwriter, david byrne, blues music

The Book Writing Blues

Blues music has been a part of popular song on radio and streaming for all our life. We’ve heard countless songs based on the structure. We instinctively know where it rises and falls, where it changes, and where the turn around is. Story structure is similar.

J KennyApril 29, 2025writing a book, writing coach, writing advice, story structure, blues music