TAYLOR SWIFTBy: Evan Mero 3/23/11

TAYLOR SWIFT IS A VERY TALENTED SONG WRITER FOR HER YOUNG AGE.

TAYLOR’S FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF HER MUSIC DREAMS SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

TAYLOR BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SOLO COUNTRY ARTIST TO WRITE OR CO-WRITE ALL THE SONGS ON A PLATINUM DEBUT ALBUM.

TAYLOR HAS WON ALL KINDS OF AWARDS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.

Here is a few awards she has won:

ACM Best New Female Artist Award CMT Horizon Award AMA Favorite Female Artist Award 2008 & 2009 CMT Video of the Year ACM Album of the Year for Fearless

SINCE RELEASING HER DEBUT ALBUM, TAYLOR HAS PRODUCED AND RELEASED TWO MORE ALBUMS!

FEARLESS WAS RELEASED IN 2008.

SPEAK NOW WAS RELEASED IN 2010

TAYLOR HAS ALSO HAD A FEW HIGH PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS.Taylor and Jake Gyllenhaal.

COMPOSITION HISTORYThe three songs covered in this

composition history are: “Back to December”“Love Story”“You Belong with Me”

“BACK TO DECEMBER” This song is featured on the Speak

Now album. It was written, produced and recorded

by Taylor Swift. The influence for this song came from

a real life situation.

“LOVE STORY” This song is featured on the Fearless

album. This song was written, produced and

recorded by Taylor Swift. This is a song that Taylor feels goes

well with every girl’s fantasy love story.

“YOU BELONG WITH ME”This song is featured on the Fearless

album.The song was written by Taylor Swift and

Liz Rose.The song was produced and recorded by

Taylor Swift. Taylor’s male friend arguing with his

girlfriend over the phone is the influence behind this song.

LISTENING GUIDE

LISTENING GUIDE TO “BACK TO DECEMBER”

This song starts out with a very nice, soft guitar. Swift’s voice has a very soft tone and nice texture through the song. The melody stays very consistent throughout the song. I also think this song carries a nice message about forgiveness and caring for others.

LISTENING GUIDE TO “LOVE STORY”

This song has more of an upbeat tone to it, while still remaining soft in harmony and texture. The dynamics of the song change at the beginning of Verse 2. The song seems to become louder in tone and quicker in rhythm.

LISTENING GUIDE TO “YOU BELONG WITH ME”

The music in this song has an even more upbeat tone to it than the previous two songs. The timbre in this song is consistent between Swift’s voice and the music. Texturally, the music stays the same throughout the song and Swift’s vocals have a nice melody to them.

TAYLOR SWIFT

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