“Songwriting,” said Sting, “Is much like trying to catch a wild animal. Only you cannot kill the beast – you have to somehow trick him into being captured. And you can never use the trick twice.” He ...
We fear the things we don’t understand. Songwriting can be mysterious and magical. It’s hard to explain what makes a song great when we can simply feel it. But songwriting can be explained. If you ...
Songwriting can seem like magic, and it’s true that some seem to have a gift for it. But it’s also a skill that can be learned and improved upon. The best way to learn and improve songwriting is to ...
Recording “I’m just an adventurer coming back to the homeland”: John Fogerty on the long struggle to own his songs again Artists “I remember saying to Clapton, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight ...
The United States Copyright Office recently issued new guidelines regarding copyright applications for works created with artificial intelligence tools. The new rules ...
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On a recent mid-spring morning in Tennessee, Alex Kline is learning to live again in her Nashville home. A week earlier, Tenille Arts’ “Somebody Like That” — a pulsing, pop-friendly debut that Kline ...
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Musician Lorde performs onstage in celebration of the release of her new album "Melodrama" for SiriusXM at Bowery Ballroom on June 16, 2017 in New York City. Performance airs ...