Editor's introduction / Justin A. Williams and Katherine Williams
1. The singer-songwriter disposition / Nadav Appel
2. The performing songwriter's dilemma : principles and practices / Mark Simos
3. Learning to create and creating to learn : considering the value of popular music in higher education / Zack Moir
4. Professional songwriting techniques : a range of views summarized from the Sodajerker interviews / Simon Barber
5. A river, a bible, and a broken heart / Lee Bob Watson
pt. IB. Songwriting in the digital era
6. Composing with the digital audio workstation / Mark Marrington
7. Singer-songwriter meets music production and studio technology / Richard James Burgess and Rob Toulson
9. From "me" to "we" : audience-focused practical tools for interpretation and performance / Dane Chalfin
10. The Mariposa Folk Festival and the Canadian singer-songwriter tradition / Sija Tsai and Andrew Hillhouse
11. Stories from my life, and tips fro getting ahead (interview with Katherine Williams / Seth Lakeman (testimonial)
pt. III. The music industry
12. Audience engagement and alternative revenue streams / Samuel Nicholls
13. The portfolio career in practice : key aspects of building and sustaining a songwriting and performance career in the digital era
14. How to (almost) never play a bad gig again : a simple way to approach performing professionally / Emma Hooper (aka "Waitress for the Bees")
15. Vocal authorship : Marianne Faithfull and "Sister Morphine" / Alexandra Apolloni
16. Indie folk's bowerbirds : nostalgia and contemporary singer-songwriters / Claire Coleman
17. Play the bluebird to the bitter end : open mics in Nashville, NYC, and Shanghai / Juliane Jones.
