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BigJoe dotcom | December 21st 2009 by BigJoe
A Professional Songwriter Finally Exposes His Hot Tips, Tricks, And Inside Techniques On How You Can Write Unique, Powerful, And Catchy Songs Anytime You Want. Professional Songwriting Secrets. Mafia War Secrets – Hot Converting Ebook On Faceb read more
“Christmas Longing” (original song): Live Acoustic Debut
LunaSees: Luna Jade's Blog | December 19th 2009 by Luna Jade
As I work on recording the full version of my new original Christmas song, “Christmas Longing“, we’re getting closer to Christmas day. I really wanted to share the song with you this holiday season, so I enlisted the aid of one of read more
Hot Orange Hot Rod Sedan
gatzkART | December 18th 2009 by Kirk M Gatzka
This photograph caught my eye while viewing images in Picasa 3 on my hard drive. I love the hot orange paint job and the vintage look and feel of the older hot rods.I applied similar techniques as I used on the last couple of image entries on this bl read more
The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 2
NBT Independent Music | December 18th 2009 by martin smit
Part Two Part One Can Be Found Here: http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-nbt-wonderful-ones-2009-part-1/ You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009 read more
The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 1
NBT Independent Music | December 18th 2009 by martin smit
Part One Part Two can be found here: http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-nbt-wonderful-ones-2009-part-2/ You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009/ read more
The Beginners Guide To Songwriting Part 4
Lick That Riff | December 17th 2009 by Ben Vernon
Christmas is near now, can't wait! Have you all been writing songs? Hope so. We now move onto part four of the Beginners Guide to Songwriting. This one is mainly going to be about the lyrical side of things, so take note. Lets Crack on with it: V read more
Word Box Wednesday #5 - It's Been Awhile
A Songwriter's Sanctum | December 16th 2009 by Eric
So my last Word Box Wednesday was April...yikes. It's a glaringly sick example of how unproductive the songwriting has been over the past year, the year that was supposed to be my most creative to date.The Word Box (explained here, last January), was read more
Any Songwriters Out There?
Voice of Grace | December 16th 2009 by jul
Now that I'm no longer pregnant I don't hate music anymore I'll will probably get back into song writing. I was wondering if any other of you gracers do any song writing and might be interested in some kind of online get together where people could s read more
The Great Idea Tour 2010
Bird in the Tree | December 16th 2009 by Deborah Crooks
I've teamed up with my songwriter friend and fellow yogini Jean Mazzei for a March tour through the southwest that we've called The Great Idea 2010. Given the dual hats we were as dedicated yoga practitioners and performing musicians we'll not only read more
Wisdom Bits
BlogSounds | December 15th 2009 by lithe
Take a minute to check out Wisdom Bits. It’s a neat little diversion of a site that simply, and stylishly, reveals wisdom through pop music. Just hover over an artist’s colored square to reveal the nugget of truth inside… read more
Nickelback: Why They Don’t Suck As Much As We Think
State of Affairs | December 15th 2009 by Jim Fairthorne
It’s come to my attention that Jim thinks he knows me a lot better than he actually does. In an effort to incite my ever-present and ever-seething rage, he likes to bait me by sending me stories he figures will push me over the edge. But this read more
Nashville Songwriters Meet in North Texas
Texas Music Journal | December 15th 2009 by Chest Rockwell
By Bianca Montes The North Texas chapter of the National Songwriters Association International(NSAI) met for their initial meeting Dec. 8. The NSAI is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the assistance of songwriters. Judging from the partici read more
Cruel, Cruel Moon (World of Warcraft Music Video Machinima)
World Of Warcraft Secrets | December 14th 2009 by Keith Junor
www.youtube.com Click this to watch Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance! Cruel, Cruel Moon (World of Warcraft Music Video Machinima) This song was an entry in Quick Stop Entertainment’s Masters of Song-Fu 2 songwriting contest. The challenge was si read more
Hear Professional Songwriting Demos
The New Rockstar Philosophy -Take Control of Your Music | December 14th 2009 by Hoover & Voyno (The New Rockstar Philosophy)
Most, if not all, artists can agree, that songs are the single most important part of an artists career. A clever turn of phrase and a beautiful melody is worth millions in advertising dollars. Why? Because people love sharing great music. Therefore read more
International Songwriting Contest *two-day* Special
Music and Life | December 14th 2009 by Marty Buttwinick
In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, ISC is re-opening submissions for TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY (December 14 and 15), and the fee is a very discounted $25 per entry. As if this isn’t cool enough, ISC is also giving away $1,000 to one artist w read more
A Writer's Emotional Education
Adventures in the Writing Life | December 13th 2009 by Sara Hodon
A recent op/ed piece by New York Times columnist David Brooks struck a chord with me. In the piece, Brooks talks at length about the "emotional education" he received from none other than one of my favorite musicians, Bruce Springsteen. (Read the pie read more
The Beginners Guide to Songwriting Part 3
Lick That Riff | December 10th 2009 by Ben Vernon
Wow! Nearly the weekend again! ;-) Good times! How are you all? Good? Anyway, now on to part three of the Beginners Guide to Songwriting, and we're now moving onto four topics; Arranging, Middle Eight, The Riff :-P, The Solo. So without further ado read more
More hit songs comin’ soon!
JC Cassis: How To Be A Pop Star | December 10th 2009 by JC Cassis
So for the last 8 weeks I’ve been in the Songwriters Hall of Fame song workshop and it has been a total blast. I’m SO glad I did it and I strongly recommend it to all you songwriters out there. You have to audition to get in so the qualit read more
Crooks/Walsh Blues @ Angelica's, Redwood City 12/12
Bird in the Tree | December 9th 2009 by Deborah Crooks
Crooks/Walsh Blues, aka me and Alex Walsh play Angelica's Bistro this Saturday, December 12 at 6pm. Dinner seating starts at 5pm"Angelicas Entertainment is a rare venue that offers a wonderful bohemian setting and makes you feel that you are in 1930 read more
Community continued: Cowrites
Bird in the Tree | December 9th 2009 by Deborah Crooks
I like to cowrite songs. It gets me out of my head— and often genre—and there's always something new to learn. I had an especially rewarding cowrite this year with songwriter friends Alex Walsh, Jacqui Naylor and Art Khu when our Buddhist distric read more
New Hampton School Offers Songwriting & Recording Workshop As…
onBoarding Schools | December 9th 2009 by AQ
Broadening student afternoon pursuits from the traditional athletics (and, sometimes, performing arts) as school sanctioned, required afternoon activities, New Hampton School offers Musicians Workshop. The Workshop gives students the opportunity to p read more
Whose Opinion Matters
Bird in the Tree | December 7th 2009 by Deborah Crooks
idea Pronunciation: \ī-ˈdē-ə, -ˈdēə also ˈī-(ˌ)dē-ə or ˈī-dē\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek, from idein to see — more at wit Date: 14th century 1 a : a transcendent entity that is a real pattern read more
The Beginner’s Guide To Songwriting Part Two
Lick That Riff | December 3rd 2009 by Ben Vernon
Hello everyone and back to another post in the Songwriting Guide. Hope you enjoyed my last one. I have had a few emails about the last post with some readers tips on songwriting. I will probably post these in the last issue so feel free to keep your read more
NSAI Gets North Texas Chapter
Texas Music Journal | December 1st 2009 by Chest Rockwell
A new chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International is forming. The North Texas chapter is designed to meet the needs of those members in Dallas and areas north to the Oklahoma border. The first meeting will take place: Tuesday, Dec read more
Me asking James Hetfield about songwriting, Metallica meet &…
Clips Demon | November 30th 2009 by fouad
Here is a video of me talking to the one and only James Hetfield from Metallica!! I have always been very curious of James’ songwriting process and I’m very happy he gave a good answer and took some time for it! And hahah I’ read more
Me asking James Hetfield about songwriting, Metallica meet &…
Clips Demon | November 30th 2009 by fouad
Here is a video of me talking to the one and only James Hetfield from Metallica!! I have always been very curious of James’ songwriting process and I’m very happy he gave a good answer and took some time for it! And hahah I’ read more
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Ultra Cheap Donny and Mar…
Allee Willis' Blog | November 30th 2009
Donny Osmond may have won Dancing With The Stars and a whole lotta money for his favorite charity but a whole lotta money was the last thing that was spent on manufacturing this toy microphone and song sheets set at the height of the Donny & Mar read more
Woman Walk the Line
Lyrics in Songwriting Blog | November 29th 2009 by Annmarie Gatti
Lyrics in Songwriting Example:"Woman Walk the Line" music and lyrics by Emmylou Harris and Paul KennerleyI first bought the album, The Ballad of Sally Rose, when it was released in 1985, and it is still one of my favorite Emmylou Harris albums. There read more
The power of songwriting and women's Personal Empowerment
Women's Life Empowerment | November 28th 2009 by Robin
Have you ever imagined writing your own songs?How would you feel if you finally achieved that dream?What if you could use that same learned skill to enhanceyour personal empowerment activities?It's been said that music is a universal language and tha read more
Guitar Series X - Concrete Grunge
gatzkART | November 28th 2009 by Kirk M Gatzka
Number ten in my Guitar Series uses a concrete grunge background from TextureLovers, and another of my own photographs. I took the photograph using my lightbox that is also used for Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter. It projects bright outdoo read more
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