In the second half of this special extended interview feature, the respected US producer and songwriter reveals more fascinating insights...
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First citywide celebration of New York’s songwriters will become an annual event, and NMPA credits Yoko Ono as ‘Imagine’ co-writer...
Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Florence & The Machine, Joss Stone, Pharrell and many more appear on Al Gore’s ‘Live Earth’...
The release date for Adele’s long-awaited third album has been confirmed by XL Recordings, with the album due this November...
Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke are found guilty of infringing copyright of Marvin Gaye’s hit ‘Got to Give It Up’...
Brit Award winning songwriter James Bay is to be the headline act at a festival for the very first time...
This year’s Brit Awards throws up another slew of winners. But which artists will be standing on the podium tonight?...
UK singer-songwriter Sam Smith cleans up the Grammys, winning four awards including Song of the Year and Record of the...
They’ve been shown on US TV for years; now the world’s biggest music awards will also be seen in Britain...
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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.