Image by Getty Images via @daylife Maybe it’s conducive to his rap style of music, but Toronto-born artist/musician/songwriter/actor, Drake, uses his BlackBerry to write his raps: In this clip from the upcoming doc, Drake bops to the track Kanye West produced for "Show Me a Good Time" and then picks up a BlackBerry and starts [...]
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Recent Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala
Last weekend, singer Phil Collins received the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame gala. The singer, who has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with the band Genesis, said writing a popular track is "a complete accident". This year’s inducted songwriters included Leonard Cohen, Jackie DeShannon, David [...]
Acoustic Guitar: Jakob Dylan
I really enjoyed the article in the latest edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine that featured Jakob Dylan. He discusses his latest, Women and Country, and waxes poetic on songwriting in general. Here’s a little snippet, but check out the whole article: When you’re working on a song, do you feel as if you understand what [...]
Ray Charles’ copyrights a lucrative business
A very interesting article from Reuters about Ray Charles’ effect as a performer on both the songs he interpreted (helping out those songwriters’ catalogues) and his own publishing catalogue that he owned or that he wrote while under Warner/Chappell Music. Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Ray Charles’ birth on September 23, 2010, the Ray [...]
Rush As Songwriters – Jacob Moon Tribute
Well Rush was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 28, 2010. From an article in Monday’s Toronto Sun, Neil Peart discusses the song Subdivisions: “It’s a very unusual song construction lyrically and musically that we managed to make work,” [Peart] said. “It was written at a time when we weren’t [...]
Jay-Z on Songwriting
Absolut Vodka’s Facebook Page is promoting the premiere of NY-Z, a concert plus documentary from Madison Square Garden with Jay-Z. It will premiere online on Monday, March 22. In September 2009, Absolut and Madison Square Garden announced the Absolut Concert Series, a three year partnership between the two iconic brands, dedicated to giving music fans [...]
Ryan Bingham – Oscar For “The Weary Kind”
“Crazy Heart’s” Ryan Bingham continued to add to his awards season cache with his first Oscar for “The Weary Kind (Theme From ‘Crazy Heart’).” Backstage, where he addressed the press without fellow songwriter T Bone Burnett — who wasn’t feeling well and returned to his seat — Bingham said he has come a long way [...]
Neil Young and Elton John
Neil Young will be working on Elton John’s upcoming studio release. Billboard reports that legendary Canadian singer songwriter will be one of a number of guests who’ll be featured on the album. Sir Elton will be collaborating with fellow pianist/singer Leon Russell and adding other guest performers that will include organist Booker T Jones, guitarist [...]
Phil Collins To Receive Johnny Mercer Award
Phil Collins will receive the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction dinner on June 17 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. "Phil has churned out a massive stream of classic songs that have resonated with audiences around the globe in a career that has won him admiration [...]
Canadian Music Week: Songwriting Summit
Canadian Music Week ended last weekend with Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart talking about songwriting. Stewart, appeared on Saturday, March 13 with Toronto singer Cindy Gomez to talk about songwriting. Stewart told the audience that the split in his romantic relationship with singer Annie Lennox led to a majority of the band’s best-known songs. Broken hearts [...]
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