Paul Simon

Missing: My Songwriting Mojo

May 25, 2011

My songwriting mojo has gone missing. Big time. I have no idea what happened to it: All the inspiration is there — I saw Paul Simon perform in concert a couple of weeks ago, after all — what else could I need? Instead, even the desire to write has disappeared for the moment — and [...]

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Songwriting Scene Q&A: Paul Zollo, author of “Songwriters on Songwriting”

October 14, 2010
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I mentioned last month in a previous post that Paul Zollo‘s Songwriters on Songwriting is a must-have. It offers page after page of riveting, detailed, laser-focused interviews with legendary songwriters from Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson to Paul Simon, Randy Newman and Neil Young. Coincidentally, I got an e-mail the other day letting me know [...]

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10 random songwriting thoughts

August 30, 2010

1. I love great pop songs. Sure, I’m a folky-ish singer-songwriter, but I’m also proud of my pop-py hooks. And I’m a fan of even the silliest pop tune — if it’s the perfect confection. I’ve been listening to a lot of top 40 these days, which I haven’t in years, since I’m now a [...]

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Songwriting Scene Q&A: Singer-songwriter Ty Greenstein of Girlyman

September 22, 2009

I’m a big fan of an amazing three-part harmony folk-pop trio called Girlyman, who are now based in Atlanta but started out in Brooklyn. Its members — Ty Greenstein, Doris Muramatsu and Nate Borofsky — used to play in the same kind of small local NYC clubs and coffeehouses as I played before starting to [...]

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