Check out the playlist for our December 2016 issue, containing all the tracks referenced in the teacher’s guide.
Think Like a Producer
Thinking about other instruments that might go into your song puts you on your way to becoming not just a songwriter, but an arranger—and maybe, a producer.
Extended Play: December 2016
Here are some additional tracks to accompany the reading in the December 2016 issue. Tracks 1 and 2 were selected for Bob Dylan and Reba McEntire’s appearances in the news section. Tracks 3-8 illustrate different examples of background singing in popular music, beginning with the soul and R&B of Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Charles, and Al Green. “He’s …