The indie band’s frontman on creating their two-chord, Phil Spector-produced hit single, and how easy it is to sing drunk!...
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Song Academy’s annual contest for 8-18-year-olds will be judging originality, lyrics, melody, composition, and potential to be a hit song...
Our latest issue features Gary Numan, Tori Amos, The Waterboys, The Darkness, Starsailor, Shelly Peiken, Nerina Pallot and much more...
The post-Britpop, indie frontman talks about how he writes songs for the band, for pop stars and for music libraries...
Band’s debut single reaches No 11 on UK singles chart after receiving support from Liam Gallagher and The Stone Roses...
Four members of rising indie-pop band and their manager were killed in a car crash in Sweden yesterday (13 February)...
Winners of Song Academy’s annual songwriting competition for 7-18 year olds are announced and will perform live at Westfield, London...
How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'Handbags And Gladrags' by Mike d'Abo
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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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How I wrote 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister
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How I wrote 'Fireflies' by Adam Young (Owl City)
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How I wrote 'Place Your Hands' by Reef's Gary Stringer
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How I wrote 'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones' John O'Neill
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Ten tips for the piano-playing songwriter
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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.