Songwriters

A Music Maven: Jamming With Emily Zuzik

Laura Cococcia | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Love Bites, Interviews, Moby, Singers, Musicians, Songwriters, Music, New York Music, Emily Zuzik, Entertainment News
Laura Cococcia

Emily believes in the power of intuition to guide her, adoring her inspirations, but not a slave to the rules of what must define a songwriter. I'm thrilled to share more about the world behind her story.

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How Consumers Would Benefit From the AT&T/T-Mobile USA Merger

Rick Carnes | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Consumer, AT&T, Copyright, Smart Phones, Songwriters Guild of America, Merger, Songwriters, T-Mobile, Intellectual Property, Technology News
Rick Carnes

The interests of music suppliers and wireless consumers coincide -- content protection is in everyone's interest. This makes the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile something to be glad about.

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"What Really Happened" at Time Magazine?

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Copyright Infringement, End of the Decade, Directors, Photographers, Time Magazine, Songwriters, Internet Piracy, Film Makers, Big Media, Time Magazine Internet Piracy, Media News
Rick Carnes

When Time reports on other iconic thieves, like Bernie Madoff, they most often take a victim's perspective. Why, then, do they always take the thieves' and looter's perspective when it comes to Internet piracy?

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MUSIC TO OUR EARS: The Secrets of Songwriters

wsj.com | JOHN JURGENSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rihanna, Next to Normal, Sony/ATV, Mario Quintero, Umbrella, Beyonce, Songwriters, Tift Merritt, Single Ladies, Poetry, David Henry Hwang, The National, Arts News

It's close to midnight in a Manhattan recording studio, and a songwriter is listening to a work in progress, one that he hopes millions will soon know...

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Susan Cowsill Soars with CD Release Lighthouse

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Ipod, Social Networking, Ipad, Singers, Facebook, Susan Cowsill, Indie Music, Music Industry, Katrina, Rolling Stone, Jackson Browne, Galveston, Washington Post, Songwriters, Just Believe It, Threadhead Records, Jazz Fest, The Bangles, Jimmy Webb, Cowsills, Lighthouse, American Idol, No Depression, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

For anyone who has followed Cowsill's career in recent years, or caught her national tours and regular gigs in New Orleans, the rendition of "River of Love" will offer a swift kick in the gut.

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Vic Chesnutt in the Perforated Sky

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vic Chesnutt, Forrest Gander, Bob Dylan, Poetry, Poets, Reading, Music, Songwriters, Books, Pluto, Books News
Travis Nichols

There are no books of Vic's lyrics (yet), and so I don't know if his work translates onto the page in the way that Dylan or Lou Reed's does not, but I feel safe in saying that Vic Chesnutt is one of my favorite poets.

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The Big Story Behind a Little Song

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grace Kahn, Thanks for the Pines, Gus Kahn, Songwriters, Famous Songwriters, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

"My husband and I wrote some of the greatest songs ever written," Grace Kahn commented, "and more people have come up and talked to me about 'Thanks for the Pines' than any other."

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