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Measure For Measure: Secrets Of Laurel Canyon

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When we’re “in the zone,” we can do no wrong. The zone is a state of relaxed, yet intensely focused attention in which performance thrives and creativity soars. Athletes seek it. Songwriters, too. In the zone, words and music flow without effort. You’re not so much writing as taking dictation.  Sometimes the zone settles on […]

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How Songwriters Can Make Money While Waiting To Earn From Published Music

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When starting out in the music business, there will be a waiting period before a songwriter earns his or her first dollar. In fact, having spent money on recording a song and hiring a music producer, you will be operating...
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Coaching

Songwriter U: Charting Power Ballads on Guitar

Gary Talley -
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We’ve charted quite a few Americana and country songs in this column, but here’s something a little different: a chart for a “power ballad.”
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Coaching

Songwriter U: Pop Chord Progressions Using The I-IV-V

American Songwriter -
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A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, instrumentation, lyrical...
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Coaching

Gordon Kennedy, Writer of Eric Clapton Hit “Change the World,” Gives Advice for Songwriters

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Gordon Kennedy has quite the resume. He is a multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter and record producer, a talented guitarist, and is widely considered to be a Nashville legend. Kennedy is most known for his hit song "Change The World,” recorded...
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ASCAP Experience Q&A With Chart-Topping Songwriter, Brett James

Jessica Hrovat -
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On Tuesday evening we sat down with hit-maker Brett James before he performed for the 2nd Annual ASCAP Experience ‘In The Round at the Bluebird Café’.   James has a laundry list of No. 1 tracks, including “Blessed”...
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Songwriter U

The Story Behind The Song, “Change the World” by Eric Clapton

Doug Waterman -
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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....
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Coaching

How to Write Piano Accompaniment for a Song

American Songwriter -
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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...
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Coaching

Songwriter U: The Writing Process

Anders Mouridsen -
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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...
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How Songwriters Can Find Musicians To Collaborate On Their Songs

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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...
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Hometown Rising Festival Rises to the Occasion with a Star-Studded Lineup

Blake Shelton, Billy Ray Cyrus, Clint Black, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley and more scheduled to appear.
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Sunny Ozell Debuts “All That I Am”

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We're happy to premiere the first single, "All That I Am" from Overnight Lows, the new album from Sunny Ozell. Overnight Lows, which...
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Features

Pop Collective Hello Forever Premieres “Farm on the Mountaintop”

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American Songwriter is happy to premiere this new single, "Farm On The Mountaintop" from the debut album Whatever It Is from art...
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Lou Reed on Songs from his Permanent Radio

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From The Archives: A Conversation from 2000 over Lamb Chops in Denver "Music was what bothered me, what...
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Chris Maxwell Discusses Indie-Folk Jam, “New Store No. 2”

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As a New York transplant, songwriter Chris Maxwell, was certain he had moved on from his hometown in Arkansas in every aspect....
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