The US songwriter of 1977 Top 20 hit ‘Ariel’ explains his idiosyncratic approach and his upcoming songwriting course in France… Tags: Bernie Taupin, David Bromberg, Dean Friedman, Denise Marsa, Herman's Hermits, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Paul Simon, Richard Rodgers, Rogers & Hammerstein, songwriting course, songwriting workshop, Teac, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones