Why making listeners laugh can create a more open path towards the deeper and more personal themes within your songs...
All posts by Duncan Haskell
How the Swedish musician’s album was brought to life with the help of Bobby Gillespie, Andy Bell, and Anton Newcombe...
What started with a rapped line in a Newport bedroom ended with a No 3 single nobody quite saw coming...
Why inspiration often comes after you start, ideas need time, and finding your own creative process matters more than rules...
After losing her beloved dog, these songs explore grief, childlessness, and passing time, finding beauty and hope beyond profound sadness...
What began as flirtation over drinks became a lesson in hooks, danceable grooves, and turning temporary romance into something memorable...
Inspired by their new album ‘Places Beyond’, the Bath-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist shares a quartet of their key writing tenets...
We were lucky to speak with a true icon who remained true to her humble roots and Smoky Mountain soul...
The Built To Spill bassist on a solo song created through slow grooves, sweltering Rio sessions, and layers of cello...
The House of Pain veteran on writing in Nashville, seeing songs as pictures, and finding inspiration after eight years away...
The composer and songwriter discusses finding emotional truth through restraint, and allowing harmony, resonance, and silence to become storytelling partners...
With Hitmakers Live coming to the UK, its founders explain how songwriting retreats can transform your creativity, confidence, and craft...
How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How we wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's' Tom Higgenson
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik
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How I wrote 'The Living Years' by Mike + The Mechanics' Mike Rutherford
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How we wrote Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' by Glen Ballard
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Interview: CAT
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