His off-screen turn on the Stanley Brothers' "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow" in 2000's acclaimed film O Brother, Where…

Informative and tremendously fun to read, Joel Hirschhorn's book "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Songwriting" (Alpha; $16.95) is for anyone that has ever heard a song on the radio and thought: "I would have done that a little differently." Even though most people are not formally trained… more