A new educational songwriting event will debut on the Scottish island with the aim of attracting the best UK songwriters...
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Organisers of British Summer Time Hyde Park promise ‘historic night’ as they reveal two music heavyweights will share headline slot...
Music and film combine to shine a torch on creativity and diversity over 18 days of short movies and documentaries...
The xx, A Tribe Called Quest and Pet Shop Boys will top the bill at the 2017 festival’s new home...
The sounds of southern cotton fields and Chicago speakeasies come to East Yorkshire – and you can experience them for...
Early November sees over 200 songwriters perform in Pensacola and venues along the Gulf Coast during the 31st annual festival...
Simply Red announced as first headliners for the new festival, which takes place at Clitheroe Castle in Lancashire in July...
The award-winning family festival goes ‘wild’ at Dorset’s Lulworth Castle, with Kaiser Chiefs, Wretch 32, Alison Moyet and The Shires...
Songwriting takes a trip to the Derbyshire countryside to enjoy a weekend of ‘heritage’ alt-rock and a lot more besides… an...
The line-up for Radio 1’s big weekend in Norwich has been announced, with Foo Fighters and Muse topping the bill oo...
Now in its 11th year, Beautiful Days is a refreshingly uncommercial fixture on the UK festival scene. Clare Blakely reports…...
A mystical mash-up of music, poetry, art and more in the Welsh mountains. Ten years old and hasn’t he grown!...
How I wrote 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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How I wrote 'I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)' by The Moody Blues' John Lodge
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How I wrote 'Place Your Hands' by Reef's Gary Stringer
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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'She's So Lovely' by Scouting For Girls' Roy Stride
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I'm going to keep songwriting by reminding myself that overflowing emotions can be relieved when I write them down or sing them out.
I’ve kept writing songs all through lockdown and have just released currently have 4 tunes waiting for me to find the right words. The songs
My best mate and I have been writing songs together for just under a year and we've just released our 1st single! I am so
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.