Tom Slatter of Indiesongwriter.net is putting together a series of “songwriting strategy podcasts”. Episode One was delivered by Tom himself and dealt with key changes, while Episode Two covered Nadia Cripps’ process to compose a new piano instrumental in one of her songs. Check out the Songwriting Strategies podcasts and may the Muse be with [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Gordon and Gord – Easter Day Broadcast
Earlier this month in Toronto, a master class in songwriting was offered up by two of the greatest Gords in Canada – folk icon Gordon Lightfoot and Tragically Hip rocker Gord Downie in the inaugural concert of a new six-part series, If You Could Read My Mind, named for Lightfoot’s 1970 breakthrough song. Sponsored by [...]
Springsteen to Guest on Spectacle
The Boss will be a guest on Elvis Costello’s Spectacle program this coming season on CTV in Canada (and on January 27 on Sundance in the U.S.). From a New Jersey Star-Ledger article by Jay Lustig about the 2-hour season finale with Bruce and members of his E-Street Band: Songs performed by the entire ensemble [...]
Singer-songwriter contest kicks off, every Tuesday night in Guelph
The Guelph Mercury recently reported on a weekly singer-songwriter contest taking place in Guelph at Frank and Steins every Tuesday night. Kudos to Malachi Greenidge, a Guelph singer-songwriter, for putting the contest together. As related in the article: The singer/songwriter competition will allow local musicians to not only expose their music to the crowd, but [...]
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