The Glaswegian songwriter takes us through the creation of his album ‘Bread & Circuses’, complete with tips from Ray Davies...
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Dave Davies lifts the lid and teases details of what the band is working on, now they are back together...
The lead guitarist, songwriter and singer of the influential English 60s rock band tells of his classic track’s haunting origins...
The Kinks songwriter prepares to release ‘Americana’, a 15-track collection of originals inspired by his memoir of the same name...
The New Year Honours List sees The Kinks’ songwriter and frontman awarded a knighthood for his service to the arts...
With the ‘Sunny Afternoon’ stage musical going great guns in London’s West End, here comes the accompanying two-CD ‘greatest hits’ The...
The Canadian ‘songwriter’s songwriter’ started learning hundreds of covers, has a ‘no co-writing’ rule and hasn’t got a mobile phone...
The podcasting duo Sodajerker secure some time with a national treasure, as they talk songwriting with the brilliant Tom Robinson...
An oft-overlooked album from Ray Davies and co gets the Deluxe Edition treatment, a full 42 years after its original...
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 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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How I wrote 'Food For Thought' by UB40's Robin Campbell
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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16 song starters
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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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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters
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How I wrote 'Handbags And Gladrags' by Mike d'Abo
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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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