Team-working and creative problem-solving specialist Rob Sheffield on managing the egos, agendas and personalities involved in a group songwriting session...
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Time to check out some superb new songs from Alex Mills, Chloe Rodgers, Estére, Outlaw Boogie, DD Darillo and more...
The founder and CEO of US company Sound Royalties, Alex Heiche, highlights some of the royalty-related pitfalls facing music makers...
The story behind this much-loved new wave hit from 1980 – it’s not actually what popular legend supposes it’s about...
A message to songwriters: we want to hear from those of you who are vowing to keep songwriting in 2021…
A trip to Silverthorne, Colorado inspired this New York City songwriter and producer to get back to her own music...
The Wombles songwriter recollects how a song about death became the theme to ‘Watership Down’ and a No 1 hit...
We shine a light on what we think are 10 of the best songs on the Andrson artist discovery platform...
The singer-songwriter aimed to craft “a big song” about “a modern America” and ended up delivering an eight-and-a-half-minute folk-rock phenomenon...
An inter-species tale of unrequited love provided the surprising inspiration for one of the most memorable songs of the 1990s...
With new album ‘Desert Road’ out now, the ‘Pinball’ wizard provides us with a quick insight into his writing process...
The singer and songwriter who arrived in the 90s with Theaudience talks about co-writing ‘Groovejet’, other collaborations, and Kitchen Disco...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.