Accademia Lizard
Padova, Italy
May 14, 2023
10:00 am to 1:00pm, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Morning topics
9:00
The evolution of Joni Mitchell as a songwriter
Biography, summary
Early education
Musical influences
Selection of top ten tunes
Awards
Experience with polio
Evolution of open tunings and demo
Analysis: Album, Hejira
Listening, the song Hejira, translation of text and discussion
Discussion of album cover and themes
Listening, Amelia, translation of text and discussion
10:30
Lucio Dalla’s debut song album, “Come é profondo il mare”
Brainstorming exercise of thematic vocabulary
Discussion of song text and context of the album
Fabrizio DeAndre’s “La Guerra di Piero”
Brainstorming exercise of thematic vocabulary
11:30
My personal evolution as a songwriter
Demo of open tunings
Presentation of the creative process of the song
How to, the creative process:
tuning, emotion, word, brainstorming, theme, rhyming words, improvised melody, polished lyrics
Presentation of the song “Faith Healers”
1:00 to 2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00
Creative process behind the song “Holy Mary Jean”
2:45
Student presentations
3:15 Creative work, use of brainstorming words for “La Guerra di Piero”
Individual lyrics work
3:45 Collective reading
Individual melody work
4:20 Collective melody work
4:45 Question and closing remarks