The Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for 2010. It’s a great list: ABBA, Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Genesis, Jimmy […]
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Habit: Is your own songwriting sending you to sleep?
Feeling stuck on a song? Worried about blank page fever? Writer’s block? Then try a little exercise. Take out all your lyrics […]
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Writers desks: Jacques Prévert
As I was spending some time in Normandy recently, I couldn’t resist the temptation to visit the last home of the legendary […]
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Gimme cover – Susan Boyle and Wild Horses
The infobahn is alive with Susan Boyle’s rendition (nice word, eh?) of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses”. There is an overwhelming opinion […]
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Perry Rose co-writes with my comments
The way music is licenced around the world means that I have no control over where the tracks I work on eventually […]
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China to “review” online song lyrics
Given the control that the Chinese authorities try to maintain over other arts, it’s hardly surprising song lyrics are now being targetted. […]