Archive for June, 2008

Songwriting Tips Carnival Articles due on July 31, 2008

By Don • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Site News, Songwriting News

Even just the last few months has seen a meteoric rise in the number of great songwriting blogs and sites around the web. So many that I can hardly keep up. I used to cover many of the popular songwriting sites quite regularly and nowadays I just stockpile articles in my STARRED newsreader folder for […]



Nashville Visitors & Convention Bureau Launch Enhanced Music Site

By Don • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Songwriting News

Press Release
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Close your eyes and imagine you are in Nashville. What do you see? More importantly, what do you hear? For many it is the sounds of Music City that draw them in, and it’s not just the steel guitar and fiddle they hear either. Nashville’s music scene is turning heads and […]



Music or lyrics…Which gets more of listeners’ attention?

By Don • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Article contributed by Mahmoud Ibrahim of Songwriting Fever.
A song is music and words, but there are two questions concerning the relationship between music and lyrics in a song. The first is which is more important and the second is which should be written first. This article is about the first question.
To answer the first […]



The Five Key Steps to Songplugging

By Don • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Songwriting Articles, Songwriting Books/DVDs

The five key steps to pitching songs in the Nashville Market, from a Music Row insider and pro songplugger.