Songwriters on Songwriting

Summary: Guitar Player Magazine is our magazine sponsor for the 15th Annual USA ... Songwriting Competition and I would like to invite you to enter. ... Billboard charts with his winning song. ... The 2005 Winner of the Country ...  

The Canadian PressSongwriting team featured in 2 of season's best books about musicThe Canadian PressCarlin, though, found McCartney's life in the 1970s and the evolution of his band, Wings, of great interest, despite the library load of books written about ...and more »  

NEW YORK — The John Lennon-Paul McCartney songwriting team broke up 40 years ago but their influence lives on in music, pop culture and now in two prominent new books about music. Lennon is one of the five seminal artists who shape the backbone of...  

Brown Bag Songwriting Finals Tonight at MoDaddy's OR in your Living Room via UStream.Featuring 10 weeks of amazing performance winners: Valorie Miller, Ten Cent Poetry, Lyric, Taylor Martin, Shane Conerty, Dulci Ellenberger, Kate McNally, Lyndsay Wojck, Mike Willis and Jullian.Judges: international touring musician David Wilcox, Bad Ash from 105.9 the Mountain, Rebbeca Sulock from the Mountian Xpress, Brian Landrum booking for the Grey...  

Streator resident Kevin Elias and partner Richard Fey may have written a "new holiday classic."The longtime songwriting duo's country tune "Christmas Everywhere" was named one of 12 finalists in a Chicago Tribune songwriting contest to find a new  

Happy Black Friday! If your Thanksgiving went anything like mine, then you passed out last night at 10 pm in a pool of gravy, swearing never to eat a goddamn spud ever again. In lieu of a post-post food coma, I figured I’d share a little video with you on a Friday where I’d rather [...] Related posts:Thao Recruits Tucker Martine, Laura Veirs, and More For New Record Quick, namLaura Gibson Shares “Beast Of Seasons” From Lone Fir Cemetery...  

When Jason Boesel went down to Mexico in 2008 with Conor Oberst, his objective was simple: play drums. That's one thing he knew he could do. After all, Boesel had been hitting the skins for Oberst both in Bright Eyes and the Mystic Valley Band and others such as Rilo Kiley for 15 years. But as recording sessions for Oberst's self-titled solo disc unfurled, Oberst increasingly looked to his band for collaborative support, loosening up his role...  

If I had an extra thousand dollars, I know what I would buy -- a piece of country music history. Yes, I would gladly put down the money to own the handwritten lyrics of my all-time favorite country song, Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." On Monday evening (Dec. 14), music fans will have [...]  

Blood and Candle Smoke: "(Indie-rock) voices have become wimpy, and so has the songwriting," says Russell, 56, matter-of-factly, prompted by my first question: Where have all the real men singer/songwriters gone, and why doesn't indie rock offer any?... From Tucson Weekly.  

www.jimparkermusic.comJim Parker performs at Songwriters ShowcaseHUNTSVILLE, AL -- After being introduced at Jim Parker's Songwriter's Showcase Friday night, the silver-haired Craig Bickhardt said he was glad he'd lived long enough to get the enviable gig at the Von Braun...  

New York, November 23, 2009 – Boston singer/songwriter and guitarist Reed Waddle can add another notch to his guitar strap after his Grand Prize winning performance at the New York Songwriters Circles (www.songwriters-circle.com) fourth annual ...  

For Alicia Witt, songwriting is key to her creative lifeWorcester TelegramAlicia Witt will perform at Oliver's nightclub in the Cask'n Flagon in Boston at 8 pm Friday. The actress will be presenting much of her own material. ...  

The track list for Allison Iraheta's Just Like You may have leaked at Walmart.com earlier this week, but a source at The Rocker's label was awesome enough to give EW.com some exclusive scoop on the songwriting and production credits for ...  

New York, November 10, 2009 – The New York Songwriter’s Circle (NYSC – www.songwriters-circle.com) today announced the names of the 12 finalists for its fourth annual “Songwriting Contest” and the three finalists for its “Young ...  

Like an explorer with a spotlight and a mission, acclaimed Twin Cities songwriter Adam Levy started digging into his musical treasure trove upon getting the invitation to play a songwriters-in-the-round style Americana Showcase in Rochester. When: 7 ...