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Songwriting Scene: Austin (a Q&A with singer-songwriter Betty Soo)

January 11, 2010

When I put the word about that I wanted to do a Q&A about the Austin songwriting scene, one name came up from a whole bunch of different people: Betty Soo. With a beautiful powerhouse voice and soulful, moving songs, I already knew Betty was a great singer-songwriter — so I gave her a buzz [...]

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Songwriting Scene: Long Island

September 16, 2009

No, the title of this post is not an oxymoron. There is, in fact, a nice songwriting scene on Long Island, which I have to say surprised me, being a Long Island native myself (Hicksville, exit 43 on the Long Island Expressway, off of South Oyster Bay Road). While at age 16 I left Long [...]

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Songwriting Scene: New York City

August 6, 2009

Since I started bringing my very first songs to open mics in 1999 (it’s been ten years, how about that?), I’ve found the scene for songwriters in New York City to be sometimes overwhelming, often welcoming, occasionally cliquey, usually fun and always challenging. Maybe some of the challenges are that there is so much going [...]

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