SONGWRITING

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ENTERTAINMENT
Elton John Makes Writing A Pop Masterpiece Look Easy In This Vintage Clip
By Ed Mazza
Watch him explain the music to "Tiny Dancer."
Via OWN
OWN
The Meaning Behind Lady Gaga's 'The Edge Of Glory' Is Even More Beautiful Than The Song Itself
By Lisa Capretto, OWN
"By the time we got through it, my dad was crying, I was crying. The bottle was half empty."
Kelleigh Bannen
ENTERTAINMENT
Vulnerability Is The New Black
By Kelleigh Bannen, Contributor
Musician
Somewhere just north my 30th birthday I started to realize how much I was hiding. The pressures of trying to appear young
FIFTY
Songbird Carole Bayer Sager Reveals How Fears Gave Way To Music And Love
By Dustin Fitzharris, Contributor
Worked as Associate producer, 'All My Children'; journalist; c...
Sager's five-decade songwriting career is among the most impressive in all of the music business. But after writing hit after hit, Sager's most recent offering is not a song at all. She has penned her memoir.
BUSINESS
The Day The Music (Almost) Died
By Les Stouder, Contributor
Co-Founder/CIO TheStartup.com
A variety of influences have rendered songwriting and music composition significantly less feasible in the classic sense.
ENTERTAINMENT
Good Lovin' on My Birthday- My Message to You!
By Larry Dvoskin, Contributor
Grammy-nominated musician, songwriter, producer, music consultant
HEALTHY LIVING
Sleep Is The Best Song
By Sara Scannell, Contributor
Feminist, songwriter, foodie and proud California girl
ARTS
Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: "Suddenly" (from my newly released book)
By Shelly Peiken, Contributor
Grammy-Nominated Songwriter; Author, "Confessions of a Serial...
SOMETIMES I HEAR Simon and Garfunkel singing, "Slow down you move too fast." They're in a little bubble following me around as I scurry about my day.
ARTS
While You Were At Coachella: I Escaped to Bali With the People Who Write the Hits
By Vivianne Lapointe, Contributor
Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Live FAST Magazine, a digital p...
The demos created during Bali's 2016 Songwriting Invitational might not all end up being singles, and some of the songs created might not see the light of day until five-ten years from now -- who knows!
ARTS
Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: Nothing Compared 2 U
By Shelly Peiken, Contributor
Grammy-Nominated Songwriter; Author, "Confessions of a Serial...
Prince could do it all. Play everything. And he could dance to boot. In heels. The night he died there was nothing on my Facebook or Twitter feed but posts about him. We all expressed our sorrow in our own way.
IMPACT
The Song I Wrote for My Son
By Melissa Hogan, JD, Contributor
Creator of ProjectAlive.org. Rare Disease Advocate, Speaker, W...
"I don't see a way to save him." The doctor's words rang in my ears. The fluorescent lights of the doctor's office, flashed and faded in front of me, like the candles I was expected to blow out that evening on my birthday cake. This was no ordinary birthday.
ARTS
Is MusicAnswers the Answer?
By Shelly Peiken, Contributor
Grammy-Nominated Songwriter; Author, "Confessions of a Serial...
ENTERTAINMENT
It's Your World Now: It's Just About... Life
By Mark Brodinsky, Contributor
Father, husband, blogger, author, Emmy Winner, Health Insuranc...
Sometimes there is nothing quite like art. When something created in the mind, in the heart, in the soul, suddenly, in the blink of an eye takes on even more significance. Everything can change, as Don Henley sings in his classic song, New York Minute.
OWN
OWN
Smokey Robinson's Career Really Began In The First Grade
By Lisa Capretto, OWN
Talk about getting an early start.
BOOKS
Big River -- What Novelists Can Learn From Songwriters
By Garry Rodgers, Contributor
Former homicide detective and forensic coroner
Johnny Cash was a brilliant musician. Singer. Performer. And masterful songwriter. Johnny Cash condensed high concept ideas into short, resonating stories -- ripping people's hearts in four or five stanzas -- that stayed in millions of ears and memories.
OWN
OWN
How James Taylor Jump-Starts His Creative Process
By Lisa Capretto, OWN
The singer-songwriter explains why "isolation is key."
TRAVEL
Alabama Shore Shows Diversity of U.S. Culture
By Lee Negroni, Contributor
Law prof, author, global adventure-seeker, emerging outdoorswo...
Americans don't have that problem. Our country is expansive and from one coast to the other, a world of diversity exists
ARTS
Let the Songs Come To You: An Interview with Dar Williams
By Omega Institute, Contributor
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY. eOmega.org
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician with 10 critically acclaimed studio albums. She has also taught at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival song school, published two novels, and led the "Give Bees a Camp."
ENTERTAINMENT
Smile, You're On the Radio: Go Country, Tonya Campos and Mo Pitney's "Boy and a Girl Thing"
By Johnny Nevin, Contributor
Music and Dance writer at aotpr.com
So how does a song even get on the radio anyway? How does it happen, that great moment when you're listening to the radio and you hear that song you like?
ENTERTAINMENT
Music Legend James Taylor on Passing Namesake Taylor Swift to Claim #1 Billboard Spot
By Tavis Smiley, Contributor
PBS talk show host, PRI radio host, NYT bestselling author
Tonight, I'm joined by the incomparable singer-songwriter James Taylor for the first of a two-night conversation. Taylor's first studio album in thirteen years, Before This World features ten tracks with guest appearances by Sting and Yo-Yo Ma.
ENTERTAINMENT
Garth Brooks Invites Up-And-Coming Artist Mitch Rossell Onstage in Dallas
By Brittany Hodak, Contributor
Entrepreneur & Writer
As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. That was certainly the case for rising country star Mitch Rossell over the weekend, where he celebrated his birthday in much bigger fashion than he could have ever imagined.
PARENTING
Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: Dear Daughter....
By Shelly Peiken, Contributor
Songwriter, Author of Confessions of a Serial Songwriter
When I woke up on the first morning after delivering you to college it was quiet. Really quiet. Just as I thought, nobody was in your bed. I knew you weren't at a sleepover. Or on a school trip. This was for real.
ENTERTAINMENT
A Better Place to Be: Induct Harry Chapin into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
By Craig E. Sherman, Contributor
Writer, blogger, author, radio host, and mindfulness advocate.
Chapin's untimely death in 1981, undoubtedly robbed the world of some of the most prolific and beautiful songs that he sadly was never able to write.
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