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    Interview: Jamie Cullum

    Interview: Jamie Cullum

    The multi-award-winning songwriter, jazz musician and broadcaster reveals w...
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    How I wrote ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors’ David Fenton

    How I wrote ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors’ David Fenton

    The story behind this much-loved new wave hit from 1980 – it’s not actually...
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    Song Decontructed: ‘Mountains’ by River Hooks

    Song Decontructed: ‘Mountains’ by River Hooks

    A trip to Silverthorne, Colorado inspired this New York City songwriter and...
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    How I wrote Art Garfunkel’s ‘Bright Eyes’ by Mike Batt

    How I wrote Art Garfunkel’s ‘Bright Eyes’ by Mike Batt

    The Wombles songwriter recollects how a song about death became the theme t...
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    How I wrote ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean

    How I wrote ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean

    The singer-songwriter aimed to craft “a big song” about “a modern America” ...
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    The creative process

    The creative process

    In an extract from his book ‘The Art Of Songwriting’, musician ...
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    Writing team dynamics

    Writing team dynamics

    Team-working and creative problem-solving specialist Rob Sheffield on manag...
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    7 things all songwriters should know about royalties

    7 things all songwriters should know about royalties

    The founder and CEO of US company Sound Royalties, Alex Heiche, highlights ...
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    10 components of a Christmas classic

    10 components of a Christmas classic

    As we ramp up the festivities, Irish singer-songwriter Michael Gallagher su...
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    On location

    On location

    Our regular contributor, performing songwriter and singing coach Lisa Redfo...
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    Songwriting Survival Kit: Passenger

    Songwriting Survival Kit: Passenger

    We discover that a hangover, a view and voice memos are among the items tha...
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    Win! ‘The Song In My Head’ Songwriter Cards

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    In need of songwriting inspiration? Five lucky winners can get their hands ...
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    Jamie Lawson’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    Jamie Lawson’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    The Ed Sheeran-endorsed, Ivor award-winning singer-songwriter has several r...
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    Chris Difford’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    Chris Difford’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    The double Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter and founding member of Squ...
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    Nerina Pallot’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    Nerina Pallot’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    From her beloved Yamaha acoustic to her kitten Dave, these are things that ...
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    On The Stereo: February 2021

    On The Stereo: February 2021

    This month, we enjoyed a diverse collection of new music from Khazali, Sana...
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    Song-by-Song: ‘Zöe’ by Nightshift

    Song-by-Song: ‘Zöe’ by Nightshift

    The Glaswegian post-punk outfit worked separately to bring their latest alb...
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    On The Stereo: January 2021

    On The Stereo: January 2021

    A new year and a new format as we switch to a monthly playlist, starting wi...
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    Songs In The Key Of… Serge Gainsbourg

    Songs In The Key Of… Serge Gainsbourg

    Having recently written a book on the controversial Frenchman, journalist J...
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    On The Stereo #74

    On The Stereo #74

    Time to check out some superb new songs from Alex Mills, Chloe Rodgers, Est...
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