Songwriter U

The Story Behind the Song: "Change the World" Written by Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick Recorded by Eric Clapton A Q&A with Gordon Kennedy When and where did you guys write “Change the World?"     It began in Nashville’s Omni Studio A in 1991....

Being able to create your own music in an integral part to becoming a great musician. Having been a musician myself for 18 years, I know firsthand how exciting and rewarding it can be to write your...

If there's one approach to writing songs that works every time, I still haven't found it. There are, of course, those rare times where you're inspired and it all just comes to you effortlessly. But those times...

Music has always been about collaboration. Some people have a way with words, while others have the skills to play one or more instruments. And there are still others who have a knack for putting it all...

Okay, we’ve been both outside and inside the world of the song in the last two issues, now let’s take a step outside the world of the song, and then turn around and press our nose up...

Hooks are addictive, and that’s a good thing.

“For me, I think the hardest part was transposing parts from guitar to synth.”

If you've turned on the radio over the last quarter century then you have heard something that Victoria Shaw has written. Her No. 1 songs include Garth Brooks "THE RIVER" (which we recently did...

After co-writing 8 #1 singles for pop sensations like Katy Perry and Taio Cruz, Bonnie McKee decided to write her own catchy pop single.  "American Girl" is a dance-pop party anthem about American girls who just want to have...

Registration is open for Rodney Crowell’s "Adventures in Song" camp, an immersive four-day event in Nashville that rigorously explores the craft of songwriting with some of the art form’s greatest practitioners. The camp, which...