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SONGWRITING TIPS: Always tell the truth in your songs, says Pink
Pink – recent recipient of the prestigious President’s Award for outstanding achievement in songwriting at BMI’s 2015 Pop Awards – believes it’s important for songwriters to always be honest in their...
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SONGWRITING TIPS: Try David Bowie’s ‘cut-up’ method of writing lyrics
When David Bowie released his twenty-fourth studio album, The Next Day, in 2013, a journalist asked him to explain his thinking behind the new songs, each of which featured unusual, cryptic lyrics and...
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SONGWRITING TIPS: Always keep a back-up copy of your new songs, Garth Brooks...
Country superstar Garth Brooks recently learned the hard way that if you’re going to record and store song ideas on your phone you have to make sure you always keep the phone backed up … otherwise you...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Motown legend Lamont Dozier on what it takes to succeed as...
“Knock on every door, and write seven days a week. I know that sounds kind of harsh, but let that be your priority. Write, write and write some more. “Your work ethic has got to be to the bone....
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Drake is the world’s most streamed artist of 2015, says Spotify
According to Spotify’s latest annual music rankings, Drake was the world’s most streamed artist in 2015. He has racked up 1.8 million streams this year on the platform and reached 56 million listeners....
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Elton John on his songwriting process with Bernie Taupin
“I just go to the studio and there are 24 lyrics [from Bernie Taupin] waiting for me and I look through them and see which one I want to start with, and then I try and write a song. I never, ever know...
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What are the most played love songs of the 21st century?
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) – the UK-based organization which licenses recorded music that is broadcast or played in public – has released an official chart of the ‘Most Played Love Songs of...
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21st annual USA Songwriting Competition now open for entries
This year’s USA Songwriting Competition is now open for entries and is offering a top prize of $50,000 (£35,000) in cash, plus music gear and US radio airplay. Songwriters from around the world are...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Bono on how songs have become too ‘girly’ …
“I think music has gotten very girly. And there are some good things about that, but hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment – and that’s not good. “When I was 16, I had a lot of...
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ACHIEVING SONGWRITING SUCCESS: It’s about hard work not just talent, says...
John Legend believes gaining success as a songwriter is as much about working hard as it is talent. “It sounds obvious, but there’s this mistaken belief that everything is about talent, but talent has...
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