Comments on: Bob Dylan’s Verbs… and What I Learned From Them https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/#comment-6371 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:24:17 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=1407#comment-6371 In reply to Chris Gansky.

Great point, Chris!

]]> By: Friday Finds January 19th 2018 – SongwriterTribe https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/#comment-6370 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:49:43 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=1407#comment-6370 […] Bob Dylan’s Verbs… and What I Learned From Them […]

]]> By: Chris Gansky https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/#comment-6369 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:11:34 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=1407#comment-6369 I agree with you and Mary, and it occurs to me that employing effective verbs is a great way to avoid self-indulgent I-me-my songs. Instead of saying “I was this” and “I felt that”, he’s saying “I helped”, “I used”, “I was walkin’ ” and “I heard”. Instead of wallowing in the “blue” of a breakup and going nowhere, he takes us through several years and all over the country in less than six minutes.

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/#comment-6368 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 02:52:18 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=1407#comment-6368 In reply to Mary Erangey.

Thanks for reading and writing, Mary! I appreciate your comments.
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Mary Erangey https://tonyconniff.com/bob-dylans-verbs-and-what-i-learned-from-them/#comment-6367 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:42:51 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=1407#comment-6367 You absolutely made your case! Great example, delivering a verb in every line. I’d go one step further to underscore that Dylan’s verbs are action verbs, not state of being verbs. Dylan chose verbs that are like muscle…making things happen and carrying the energy of the story. This is such a great reminder. Thank you.

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