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The bassist and vocalist from Birmingham’s legendary progressive rock band reveals how his modestly titled hit single came to be...
By providing a glimpse of her home life over five days, this American singer-songwriter shares some of her creative inspirations...
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Our guitar and production aficionado Dave Chrzanowski shows how different scales can be used to write riffs, melodies and solos...
Eight local songwriters, including Roger Cook and Beki Bondage, tell the stories behind some of our home city’s classic songs...
The punk-folk-rock band’s lead singer, Mark Chadwick, tells us how the rousing, mid-90s anthem took just three minutes to write...
Though classically trained, Tori is a musician who has always sought alignment with cosmic forces. We learn a little more...
As a songwriter, producer and publishing company head, we can be pretty sure Jenna knows her way around a deal....
A budding local musician tells us how he challenged himself to write 10 completely new songs in just 10 days...
Experienced session guitarist Jake Gakovik takes us through the basic elements of song craft: form, lyrics, melody, harmony and rhythm...
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