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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Joni Mitchell on her filmic approach to writing songs
“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I’m a frustrated filmmaker… It’s very visual. You’re scoring the actress, but the actress is singing the lines and trying to get them as conversational...
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SONGWRITING TIPS: Paint pictures in the listener’s mind when writing your...
American singer-songwriter and award-winning country star Brad Paisley believes songwriters should always think of the images their words will create in listeners’ minds when they’re working on new...
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SONGWRITING TIPS: Show don’t tell when writing your lyrics, says Tom Odell …
Tom Odell’s beautiful song ‘Constellations’—from his 2016 album Wrong Crowd—opens with Tom talking to a girl in a busy bar and his lyrics vividly describe the scene. It’s a great example of why...
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Joni Mitchell wins this year’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Joni Mitchell is this year’s winner of the prestigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. The award will be presented to her during a televised tribute concert on March 1 in...
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