Is a book about songwriter/producer Mike Batt worth writing? More importantly, is it worth reading? The answer to that probably lies in […]
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Social media, music and the coronavirus lockdown
I don’t sing (much). I don’t play an instrument. But all my co-writers do. So I’m feeling their pain, to a degree. […]
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Spotify: How do you make it work
If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing everything and the opposite about Spotify. In particular, the very low per-stream payments but also very bullish comments about how streaming is saving the industry. Confused much?
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Where do songwriters write lyrics?
you could have written Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” in that time (or all the episodes of “Breaking Bad”, which is nearly the same thing)
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Get off the stage, they like you
A little note for the younger bands and singers out there. I went to see a promising singer last weekend (not the […]
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Artist development: someone else has to do it
Legendary A&R man Don Grierson talks about the huge changes that have taken place in the music business. In particular, the tricky […]