Belgian singer-songwriter Ian Clement takes us inside the music scene of his country’s third-biggest city. Free waffles are not provided....
Monthly Archives: October 2020
The Australian rock band’s keyboardist and songwriter reveals all about his solo EP and new chapter as a country artist...
The Glaswegian songwriter takes us through the creation of his album ‘Bread & Circuses’, complete with tips from Ray Davies...
New music from Nana Adjoa, Tim Burgess, Goldteeth, Kerri Martin, Nubiyan Twist, Halina Rice, Charlie Belle, Marina Massanova and more...
The Northern Irish band’s chief songwriter and guitarist talks us through one of the most iconic songs of its era...
We pick out some wise words from 10 of the fine songwriters who are all featured in our latest issue...
We’re catching the latest sounds of Justin Llamas, Stats, Savannah Pope, Sam Brookes, Winter, Lucy McWilliams, Psyrena, Margot and more...
Frontman Daniel Leopold takes us for a canoe ride through cypress trees as we learn about his most recent single...
Clapham soul man Andrew Roachford on his 30-plus years in the music business, from ‘Cuddly Toy’ to Mechanic and MBE
To celebrate the 80th birthday of an undeniable songwriting genius, we take our pick of a dozen of his finest…...
The Doors’ guitarist explains how the classic song emerged because he felt sorry for the obscure chords that rock’n’roll forgot...
The five-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter sprinkles some of his brilliance over the Great American Songbook. Here, he tells us all about it
How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote ‘Save Tonight’ by Eagle-Eye Cherry
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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Interview: Garbage's Shirley Manson
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How I wrote 'Food For Thought' by UB40's Robin Campbell
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Childe’s Songwriting Survival Kit
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Comments
I'm putting out a new solo song next week, and am writing for my band's new album. On top of that, I want to challenge
Songwriting is truly part of me, and it was there for me during 2020. Now, in 2021, I’m more grateful for songwriting than ever. This
We have to use all our talents to find the songs which are out there in heaven.
I write songs all the time, I have written an album that I am going record and have professionally produced when lockdown ends.
I pledge to be song-full.
In addition to the many things that motivate me as a songwriter, 2020 generated much to write about and also emphasised the role that songwriting
I've been a guitarist/singer/songwriter for 25 years it's what I do. I work part/time in a supermarket so I am able to continue my work.
I have written lots of lyrics and l am pretty sure they are good but l don't belong to the world of music, l have […]