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The Best Breakup Songs
Having a bad breakup? We've all been there! Here's a collection of fabulous breakup songs that you can use as your angry or sad soundtrack right now.
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Top Ten Songs Ever: The Best, Most Innovative Rock and Alternative Lyrics and Melodies
This rock enthusiast's list of the 10 best songs ever.
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Father Daughter Dance Songs
Need a great song for a father daughter dance? Here are some traditional and unusual choices.
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Laugh It Off
Songwriting doesn't have to always be serious. Also, taking a lighthearted approach to music, you may find that not only you feel healthier, but others find you more fun to work with, too. Here are a few tips to get you laughing.
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Your Music Job Box
Making a "job box" full of music-related prompts can be a great way to get unstuck when you know you should do something musical, but just don't want to think too hard about it. Here are a few ideas you might add to make yours more fun.
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How to write a hit pop song
Always wanted to write a hit pop song about that nasty breakup that you had? It's easier than you'd think. The secrets are there for the taking. Read on..
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Are You Ready?
Many times, people aren't ready when the wonderful happens. The dream becomes a nightmare as you stumble out silly words, or otherwise embarass yourself because you just forgot to work out the details. Here are a few ideas to prevent the worst and help ensure the best.
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Damage Prevention
Songwriting can sometimes become a dangerous profession. Here are a few common-sense tips to keep you safe as you run around trying to further your music career.
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In The Morning
After a late evening practice or gig, getting up early is probably the last thing a songwriter wants to do. Learning to use those dazed and confused moments before you leave for work can really help your songwriting, though. Here's how.
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More Disaster Preps For Musicians
This year has been very bad for natural disasters. Here are a few more ways a songwriter can prepare for the worst and handle this sort of emergency.
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More Fun With Homemade Instruments
A new sound is often all we need to give a special touch to a new composition. Here are a few more oddball ideas of instruments you may have around your home you haven't tapped the assets of just yet.
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Song Storage
Secretarial work isn't something songwriters like to do, but it is a necessary evil. Here are a few ideas to make it a little less painful.
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Songs Of The Bored
Boredom is something everyone faces, including the frustrated musician trying to do something useful for the day. Here are a few approaches you could try that will ring true with your audience without them changing the channel.
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Your Gem Collection
Like a good rock collector, songwriters should be able to recognize a valuable piece when they run into one. Here are a few tips to help you know where to find them, recognize them, and file them away for future use.
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Mezzamorphis: Song-by-Song
Here is the first of a three part series on Mezzamorphis. I have taken each song and written what I have thought about it. Hope ya like it!
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William Blake's 'Songs of Experience' and 'Songs of Innocence'
This article forms a comparative study on Blake's 'The Songs of Experience' and 'The Songs of Innocence'.
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Preschool Sing-A-Long Music
Reviews of audio CDs for daycare and preschool music and movement
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Alf Proysen: Part I of III
A noted Norwegian singer and children's writer, Alf Prøysen's lyric stories appealed to a wide audience including both children and adults. His characters and observations carried strong nationalistic and anti-authoritarian overtones, transgressing the same class boundaries that he had been acutely aware of in his childhood. His ability to locate the humorous, the hopeful, and the romantic in the stark landscape of struggle and poverty made him one of the most pentetrating Norwegian folk artists of the 20th century.
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American Folk Songs- Wanderers
The music of wandering travelers and railroad hobos is all but forgotten in this age of rock and roll. Much of our modern music has its roots in traditional folk singing.
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Celebrating the U.S.!
It's getting near the U.S. Memorial Day, and for those of us who go to school til June, it's a great time to honor our country and have some neat end-of-the-year lesson plans besides!
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Choosing the Best Wedding Song
Need some special love songs for your wedding reception? Here are some ideas.
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Daughters-in-Law in Song China
Once the wedding party was over, what sort of life could brides expect in the China of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)?
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Everyday is Halloween
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New Pop: Ne-Yo’s "Because Of You”
He's got a hot new single out called Because Of You off his sophomore album of the same name, due out May 1. Ne-Yo is starting to carve out a rather distinct sound for h
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Song Lyrics, Music and Politics
Music educators need to be aware that, while music can often bridge all boundaries between people, it can actually trigger divisions if used naively in some contexts.
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Songs from the Labyrinth
An ambitious set by Sting explores the world of 16th-century English composer John Dowland. Edin Karamozov accompanies Sting's rough vocals on the lute.
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Songwriting For The Holidays
Here are a few tips on writing songs for this holiday season, as well as a few ways to get them some exposure.
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Top Creepy Love Songs of All Time
The top creepy love songs of all-time with lyric samples and background on each song. This Valentines Day, download the songs that send shivers down your spine.
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A Songwriter's Holiday Gift Wish List--Part One
It isn't too early to start researching what to give folks, especially your fellow musicians for the holidays or hinting what you'd like as well. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
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A Songwriter's Holiday Gift Wish List--Part Two
Here is a continuation of last week's article, and hopefully both will provide you with some good ideas for your holiday gift lists.
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Baby Splitting Sucks
Bill paying has to get done, but a struggling songwriter is better served by making wise choices when money runs out and you have to make hard choices. Here are a few ideas to make it a little easier to make these tough decisions.
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Becoming A Pearl
Like pearls, most musicians become good ones by accumulating layers of goodies over their rough edges. If you feel life is irritating you, here are a few ways to make something valuable from your songwriting dilemma.
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Birthday Songs
I think there should be more birthday songs. Writing a birthday song for someone can be fun as well as become a possible hit for you. Here are a few possible approaches if you decide to try your hand at a song of this type.
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Bored Stiff To Dos
Bored with songwriting? Don't even want to look at your guitar or even go into your practice room? Here are a few more ideas you can try to "trick" yourself into at least writing a few lines, if only to relieve guilt for taking a walk.
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Boredom Can Be Your Friend
If you are at a point where you just don't want to write another song, don't. Take a break. Here are some ideas to get your creative juices unblocked so that you can't wait to write, again.
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Breaking Out Of A Writing Rut
Quick, find your favorite chord! Is it usually the same one? Here are a few tips to get that personal signature out of your writing, especially if it tends to get you noticed in a bad way at song pitches.
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Can You Give More?
Charities are great at twisting arms to get folks to help them out. Musicians are often useful softies, so they love to push us into their corners. Here are a few ideas to have this help, not hurt your career, and be a lot more fun.
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Christmas Song List
Unique Christmas songs to teach your class for the school Christmas Concert. Some songs are popular but others are only popular to certain regions or times.
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Computer Crashes Can Be Fun
My computer crashed again, so this article is late. Crashes are rarely career-wreckers, though, and sometimes they are an easy fix any musician can do without expert help. Here are a few tips to get your electronic pal back to work.
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Create Yourself
Commercial songwriting can seem formulaic, but it is often someone coming up with a sound that everyone else copies. Here are some ideas for creating your own signature sound you might not have tried, yet.
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Dealing Without Your Computer
The demise of your computer is usually only temporary, although it might seem the end of the world to many songwriters. Here are a few practical steps you can take to keep moving, until you can get your machine back from the shop.
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Deposing The Idols
To many working musicians, "American Idol" is a joke. For those of us who have to take the real route, there are lots of things you can do, even if you are broke to better your chances. Here are a few simple suggestions.
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Don't Get Mad - Do Something!
Taking the energy you get from being angry at something life has dealt you and doing something constructive with it can really help your songwriting. Here are a few ideas of how to channel that power into something positive.
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Don't Let Your Illusions Use You
Too many artists talk themselves out of a music career. Here are a few tips on how to keep that from happening to you.
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Dream Songs
Dreams can be a great source of songwriting material. Here are a few ideas you may not have considered in writing a song about your or someone else's sleep life.
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Finding More Music Funds
Rising oil prices are playing havoc with many musician's plans for this year. Here are a few ways to squeeze those pennies so you can still afford studio time, seminars and that next demo, instead of just barely making survival bills.
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Finding Your Voice
Many of us hope to someday be the next person that all the karaoke singers want to imitate. That's hard to do if you are still imitating your favorite singer. Here are a few tips on creating your own personal style.
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Handling Windfalls
Sudden cash is a wonderful thing! Sometimes, it is best, though, to remember you are still a struggling musician and think of the best way to use this windfall instead of blowing it all on a big party. You can celebrate your wisdom later.
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Healing The Hurts
Coming close but still failing to make a big personal goal can be a career ending defeat to many musicians. Here are a few simple steps you can take to heal and refuel yourself to get back into the hunt as soon as possible.
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Heat Training
Some of the best paying gigs are in the summer, when kids are out of school, have extra cash and spend it on a concert or so. A musician has to be able to handle the heat, though. Here are some training ideas to get you ready.
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