The Bad News In my 15 years of making a full-time living in the music world, one thing has become more and more clear to > Read More
Jan 162012
So you’ve written a great song, made a fabulous demo and now you’ll live happily ever after, right? Well, kind of… This article is the > Read More
Nov 232011
How To Write Songs Nashville Style Sometimes getting started writing a song can be the hardest part, at least in the beginning. Before you start > Read More
So You’ve Got A New Song Let’s begin at the beginning. You’ve written a song and, hopefully, you’re thrilled with it. So thrilled, in fact, > Read More
Oct 122011
By Phil Swann In 2005, my friend and mentor, Jack Segal passed away. At the time, I was on the board of the directors at > Read More
Oct 022011
After several decades writing songs, I have my own system I try to follow when I sit down to write a new song. I have > Read More
Why do professional recordings sound, well…professional? There are a number of reasons including high quality microphones, pre-amps an experienced engineer and a well-designed studio space. > Read More
I remember when I first moved to Nashville and had my tapes of songs I had written. At the time I thought I was a > Read More
Jul 142011
By Joe Russ When you write a new song, how many people are really involved? Let’s list them. Obviously there is you and maybe > Read More
By Robin Frederick, author of ”Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV” Each year, thousands of songs are used in film and TV projects. These > Read More
