Songwriting UK — Winter 2017

OPETH • FRANK TURNER • HANSON • ALLEE WILLIS VAGABON • LINA • HALO MAUD • CONOR MALEY AT THE HEART OF GREAT MUSIC THE SLIPKNOT A ...

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T HE REMARKABLE longevity of the Now That’s What I Call Music albums is one of the surprise success stories of the digital age a ...

AMERICANA IN THE UK Details of the 2018 AmericanFest and UK Americana Awards Study suggests link between BPM and driver safety c ...

REVIEWS NEWS 5907 N OW IN ITS seventh year, Unsigned Only is a competition for solo artists, bands and singers all over the worl ...

HOW I WROTE: BOOGIE WONDERLAND 8 M How I wrote... Boogie Wonderland Boogie Wonderland ...

HOW I WROTE: BOOGIE WONDERLAND T o sum up the career of Allee Willis is a daunting task. Her life in songwriting is impressive e ...

Don’t Diminish the use of Diminished & AUGMENTED ChordS TECHNIQUE practical advice on songwriting FROM OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS P ...

James Linderman teaches guitar and piano and coaches songwriting over Skype to students all over the world. He teaches songwriti ...

BE PREPARED First of all I would say, if you’re depending on inspiration in the form of a muse, you’re already in trouble. You m ...

Mark Cawley mentors WRITERS AND ARTISTS around the globe via iDoCoach.com. his songs have been recorded by everyone from Tina Tu ...

ASK THE EXPERTS: PAUL GRAY OF THE MU Are there any particular pitfalls to watch out for when it comes to songs and bands? Songs ...

TECHNIQUE and my bandmates ended up agreeing to without a clue what the implications were and would be considerably better off a ...

God of extreme prog metal INTERVIEW: MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT 16 Mikael Åkerfeldt is not just one of the most highly acclaimed songwrite ...

17 INTERVIEW: MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT ...

18 “But sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s hard. I try not to treat it like a job, it’s a creative process. But touring is m ...

19 eager to make it.” Perhaps people now see music as a way to live an extravagant lifestyle? “I think with artists today that t ...

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