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The pop starlet reflects on her sibling-inspired rise, reveals a “filthy” lyric-writing tactic, and explains how motherhood changed her songwriting...
Emeli Sandé, Black Pumas, Ashley McBryde, A.C. Newman, Plain White T’s, Seth Swirsky, Hunter Hayes, Songs Of The Year 2023...
Written for the Broadway star Eartha Kitt, this Christmas classic has been covered by everyone from Madonna to Ariana Grande...
Nitin Sawhney, Corinne Bailey Rae, Busted, Supergrass, Lori McKenna, Russ Ballard, Mark Owen, Jesse Colin Young, La Force, Brett Sparks...
We have a quick chat with the latest guitar-slinger to emerge from Seattle, Washington ready to take over the world...
The NJ-based songwriting teacher explains how to stock up on musical and lyrical ideas that can naturally inspire new songs...
The space between words… Soulful singer-songwriter Josephine Oniyama explains how you can best use wordless passages to enhance your compositions...
From the kitchen table to the basement studio, one-half of the sister duo describes the essentials that shape their sound...
Jazz musician and ICMP lecturer, Anjali Perinparaja, encourages us to embrace irregular time signatures and explains how to ‘take five’...
The Clapham soul man reveals how his breakthrough pop hit was inspired by the seductive charms of a Garfield plushy...
Savan Kotecha, Sophie B. Hawkins, Freya Ridings, Seafret, Kent Blazy, Ines Dunn, The Kooks, KT Tunstall, Calexico, New Hope Club...
How we wrote Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' by Glen Ballard
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Interview: Mark Owen
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote 'The Living Years' by Mike + The Mechanics' Mike Rutherford
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote 'In My Daughter’s Eyes' for Martina McBride
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How we wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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