Zhong Zheng Senior High SchoolTeacher: Tiffany Yen

by

Jacky, Alan, Vanessa, Sammi and Tony

Outline1˙ Introduction

2˙ Discussion

A˙ Different phases of her career

B˙ Lyrics writing

C˙ Music composing

D˙ Songs

3˙Conclusion

4˙Bibliography

Introduction What will it be when classic

country music mixes with modern pop music?

Different phases of her career

• Strove to make her dream come true • Her first song “Lucky You”• First single － “ Tim McGraw” at 16• First album － “ Taylor Swift” in 2006 • She was also a popular actress

Lyrics writing• To help her express her feelings • Helped her release from not fitting

in school• Shania, LeAnn Rimes, Tina Turner,

and Dolly Parton

Music composing

• Listened to songs on the radio and followed classic patterns

• Started writing songs at the age of 12

• Hired by Sony/ATV Tree publishing house at the age of 14

• Songs are all written by herself

Songs

• A real story of hers • Won the “Best New Artist

Award” • No. 11 on the “Billboard

Hot One-hundred”

Teardrops on

My Guitar

Love Story• First country track to become

a chart topper in the Mainstream Top 40

chart• Country elements made the

rock fresher and not that heavy tasted

Songs

Conclusion• Her songs are easy to listen to and

understand.• unlike songs that are just about

some fake stories • In short, though it was tiring to do

this research, we still learnt a lot from either Taylor Swift or the research.

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<http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-love-story-lyrics-taylor-swift.html>.

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• "Taylor Swift." Taylor Swift: Biography from Answers.com. 2009. Web. 21 Dec 2009. <http://www.answers.com/topic/taylor-swift>.

• "Taylor Swift." Taylor Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 19 Dec 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Web. 21 Dec 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift>.

• “The Decade in Music: Taylor Swift’s Teardrops on my guitar <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story.-Id=120557728>

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