Amazing Grace Composer's Unconventional Songwriting Process Amazing in Itself

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Channel: Playbill · 2015 · Entertainment

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http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Josh Young, Chuck Cooper and Erin Mackey star in "Amazing Grace," the true story of a former slave trader who wrote the hymn beloved across the globe. Composer Christopher Smith (music, lyrics, and book along with Arthur Giron) is not formerly trained — he took some lessons as a kid, but never learned to read or write music well. He sat down with Playbill to share his unconventional, but very effective, collaborative songwriting process.

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