We fear the things we don’t understand. Songwriting can be mysterious and magical. It’s hard to explain what makes a song great when we can simply feel it. But songwriting can be explained. If you ...

“Songwriting,” said Sting, “Is much like trying to catch a wild animal. Only you cannot kill the beast – you have to somehow trick him into being captured. And you can never use the trick twice.” He ...

Came the Lightening is a collection of “twenty poems for George.” It will include photos of them and their gardens at Friar Park. Family friend Martin Scorsese calls it “a work of poetic autobiography ...

As Ethan Reed '12 recorded the final words of his song, "Somewhere A Light Went Out For Somebody," he looked up and saw Associate Professor of Music Butch Rovan fidgeting with the buttons of the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There’s something about the term “songwriting” that has always remained a bit enigmatic to me.

Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, these tried and tested songwriting blueprints should help you create better music, and more of it When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The power of songwriting. One of the best things to come out of the 2025 CMA Awards has been seeing so many people discover Stephen Wilson Jr. for the first time. The relative newcomer who describes h ...

On a recent mid-spring morning in Tennessee, Alex Kline is learning to live again in her Nashville home. A week earlier, Tenille Arts’ “Somebody Like That” — a pulsing, pop-friendly debut that Kline ...

In a lawsuit filed on Oct. 1, the pop star claimed that the producer took songwriting credit for four of her songs PEOPLE can confirm that Lola Young's lawsuit with "Messy" producer Carter Lang has ...