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Tag Archives: Brona McVittie
Not content with just reinterpreting the past, the County Down artist is adding her own folk tales to the genre
With her own compositions and reworked traditional arrangements, this Irish harpist has conjured up a debut album of serious quality...
Enter MusicGurus' songwriting competition with Guy Chambers
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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16 song starters
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Where do songs come from?
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How I wrote 'I'm Too Sexy' by Right Said Fred
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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.