I was looking at my MySpace profile and this message came across my bulletin board:
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Steve over at Songwriting Apples sent me an update on their project.
For those not familiar, Songwriting Apples is friendly songwriting support group that lavishes it’s members with positive peer pressure and reinforcement to finish songs.
What you do is write a song and then post your MP3 demo (don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be […]
BMI presents:
Cliff Goldmacher’s Demo Production for Songwriters
This 2 1/2 hour discussion will cover:
Demo production and pre-production
Streamlining the demo process
Keeping budgets in check
Preparing of and pitching of finished demos
Cliff Goldmacher has recorded and produced over forty album projects and worked with artists from Emmylou Harris to Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors. Cliff has also served […]
Performing Songwriter magazine has some great free MP3s available, complete with artist reviews and news.
This week has a ton of great indie and DIY bands and songwriters. Check it out:
Performing Songwriter Free MP3 Downloads
(Editor’s Note: Getting a nice bottom end with bass on your songwriting demos can add impressive dimensions to your music. Read on as guest author, studio owner, and working songwriter Bill Timpano offers his experience in successfully recording bass.)
Recording a great sounding bass track is not hard, nor is it a black science. By following […]
I was reading this article from Jeff’s Songwriting Blog on “Taking Your Listeners on a Journey” which reminded me of a recent co-writing session I experienced. In this session, I played a chord progression I discovered and really liked. My co-writer said when he heard it he pictured “a guy leaving the house in the […]
In the interest of promoting the songwriting community, this page is dedicated to songwriters, songwriting sites, and anyone else who would like a free link on Blogging Muses.
The only stipulation is that you please link back to Blogging Muses somewhere on your website.
Send me the link on your page and I will place your link […]
One of my favorite weekly features on music blog “Idolator” is called Track Marks. Basically the editors track how blog buzz started rolling for a new band.
The band Illinois (nothing remarkable but in regular rotation on my iPod) is their latest specimen. Here is an example of how they do it:
First blog mention: A […]
The Group Songwriting Tips Project has been a fun project over the last couple of months. We have 50+ tips in the archives right now. You can view the songwriting tips by category, as well as just click through all the songwriting tips one at a time.
Got a songwriting tip of your own? If so, […]
To ask a songwriter if he has ever been frustrated during the process of writing a tune is like asking a drowning person if they need a life raft.
So when I saw the title The Frustrated Songwriter’s Handbook - I knew I had to take a look.
The book was first recommended to me by Ruth […]
