singer-songwriter

Songwriting Scene’s All-Time Top 10 Posts — Have You Seen ‘Em?

October 20, 2010

I recently perused the stats for all of my posts since the beginning of Songwriting Scene’s existence in June 2009 — and the results are sometimes surprising, sometimes not. The Top 10, in general, are ahead by a mile. I guess a successful post builds on itself! If you didn’t get a chance to read [...]

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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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What does Lilith Fair’s woes mean for songwriters?

July 25, 2010

As a female singer-songwriter who was a teen in the ’80s and a twenty-something in the ’90s, it should come as no surprise that the scene that eventually evolved into Lilith Fair was a huge influence on me. In fact, it was lovely and talented ladies like Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan, Michelle Shocked, [...]

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