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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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Songwriting Scene showcase at Northeast Regional Folk Alliance

October 23, 2009

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a small showcase on November 14 (my birthday, y’all!) at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance — nothing grand, these showcases all take place out of a hotel room in the middle of the Catskills in New York, but it should be really fun! I have some great [...]

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A busy Songwriting Scene week…

October 16, 2009

I’ve had a busy week of songwriting-related events — lots of lessons learned, inspiring moments and good fun. The First Songwriting Scene Poll First of all, a note about our first Songwriting Scene poll, which ended a couple of days ago: I know a couple of people had technical difficulties accessing the poll…I’m not sure [...]

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Songwriter Talk: Tina Shafer of the New York Songwriters Circle

August 20, 2009

Back in 1999, when I had only been writing songs and going to open mikes for a few months, I met and befriended a wonderfully talented songwriter named Laine Henderson. She had been performing around the New York area for three years, which, of course, seemed like an eternity to me. One night, I went [...]

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