NY Times Songwriting Blog Launched, American Idol Songwriting Competition, and other songwriting news
By Don • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Songwriting News
American Idol Songwriting Competition:
Lydia has a list of American Idol Songwriting Contest entries, with links to each songwriter’s web or myspace page. [Read More]
Big Changes in Store for MySpace Music:
At present, the moniker MySpace Music refers to a collection of music-specific areas within the social networking giant, including band profiles and secret shows. But a commerce-oriented release, one that includes serious participation from major labels, is rapidly coming to fruition. [Read More]
NY Times Songwriting Blog “Measure for Measure”.
From the About page:
“With music now available with a single, offhand click, it’s easy to forget that songs are not born whole, polished and ready to play. They are created by artists who draw on some combination of craft, skill and inspiration. In the coming weeks, the contributors to this blog — all accomplished songwriters — will pull back the curtain on the creative process as they write about their work on a songs in the making.” Check it out.
Songwriting and Your Creative Environment:
Your life and the world around you is just as much a creative environment as the studio or your home. Tidy up your environment and you will be motivated into writing more songs. When I’m at home, most of my songwriting is done in a certain area of the house. Now before I tidied it up there were piles of papers everywhere and no room for writing a song but once I cleared the area I felt instantly better. [Read More]
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