We speak with double Ivor Novello Award-winning lyricist and founding member of Squeeze about one of their most famous songs...
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Inspired by the photos of NHS nurse Hannah Grace Deller, Chris Difford put some of his songwriting pals to work...
The double Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter and founding member of Squeeze provides a fascinating tour around his trusty writing desk...
We speak with the double Ivor Novello Award-winning lyricist and Squeeze co-founder about his life of creating, collaborating and comedy...
Songwriting Magazine is proud to be sponsoring ‘a micro-music-festival that celebrates really good songs and the folks who write them’...
Our latest issue features Kiefer Sutherland, Ashley Monroe, Chris Difford, Howard Jones, Tim Burgess, Nile Rodgers, Fiona Bevan and more...
Song Academy’s annual contest for 8-18-year-olds will be judging originality, lyrics, melody, composition, and potential to be a hit song...
We hear about a punk song whose protagonist was so heartbroken he cried all the way to the chip shop...
The latest songwriting podcast features the playwright, lyricist and composer best-known for creating Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita and Blood Brothers...
Difford & Tilbrook plan ‘From The Cradle To The Grave’ tour and first LP of new material for 17 years...
Who have Sodajerker been talking to this month? Only one of the greatest British songwriting teams in history, that’s all… f...
This book sets out to do for British artists what ‘Songwriters On Songwriting’ did for their US counterparts – and...
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How I wrote 'The Life Of Riley' by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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Enter MusicGurus' songwriting competition with Guy Chambers
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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.