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Some of our favourite past Songwriting interviewees reveal the seminal albums that have inspired them the most over the years...
We pick a selection of kick-off ideas from The Song Foundry founder Ed Bell’s ‘The Ultimate Book Of Song Starters’...
As Robbie Williams’ creative partner, Guy Chambers played his part in writing some of the most memorable songs in British...
Inspired by the likes of Van Morrison and Janis Joplin, the Australian singer-songwriter has stripped things back and started afresh...
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...
From her beloved Yamaha acoustic to her kitten Dave, these are things that Jersey’s alternative rock singer-songwriter can’t do without...
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...
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