Songwriting Magazine

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🌱 Our Spring issue has sprung! Features @meghan_trainor @amygrant @BastianLangebak @johnnewmanmusic @rumersongs @melodyhill @elizalovechild @mathansenmusic @Jescahoop @trousdalemusic and more...

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#meghantrainor #songwriters

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“Dreams was written out of frustration and it was a fantasy”

This week in 1993, @GabrielleUK released 'Dreams'. Learn about one of the decade’s biggest pop smashes and the highest charting debut single by a female solo act... https://t.co/VOQJqvCvSU

#gabrielle #dreams #90smusic

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“I was in the habit of making voice memos in which I would recite my dreams immediately after waking” — #Sanyu

The Norway-based musician's meditation on future ruin and present complacency, shaped through jazz propulsion... https://t.co/T0kY9EInhL

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“I think 'Ho Hey' was just a throwaway title – a placeholder that never got filled in.”

@thelumineers frontman @wesleyschultz82 explains how their breakthrough hit single was inspired by a decidedly uninspiring period spent living in NYC... https://t.co/gtLVT9HZ3a

#hohey

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From motorway melodies to rain-soaked reflection, the socially conscious artist from Nashville @crysmatthews shares the everyday essentials behind her creative process... https://t.co/aTBfC5gFpl

#crysmatthews #songwriting #survivalkit #songwriter

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“We made it sound like a love song so it could get on the radio, but really it’s a hell of a lot more than that” — Pat Kane

On this day in 1987, @HueAndCry released 'Labour Of Love'. Here’s the story behind the 80s pop duo’s biggest hit... https://t.co/fUdorhCcR0

#labouroflove

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Former Viarosa frontman Richard Neuberg discusses grief, his process, and returning with ‘The Vine’ after years living with a debilitating illness… https://t.co/oWuQfE15Qb

#viarosa #richardneuberg #thevine #songwriter

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“The important thing is to get the soul of the song, and everything else is craft”

Step inside the creation of @Rumersongs' breakout hit 'Slow'. Subscribe to read the full feature and more in our latest issue... https://t.co/OWvAHJN7hE

#songwritingmagazine #songwriter #rumer

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On this day in 2017, @LittleMix released 'Power'. JHart tells us about the LA writing retreat where the girl group’s bold, empowering anthem celebrating female strength, confidence, and independence was created... https://t.co/yhj00FzSqL

#littlemix #power #jhart #songwriter

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Meet the Bristol Song Circle songwriters – @BlairDunlop @LukeSitalSingh @KittyMacfarlane and @EvaParfitt each reflect on a new night of live songs and stories... https://t.co/CKLAnZ80TJ

#bristolsongcircle #songwriters

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Last chance to enter songs for the 31st Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Hurry, enter at:  https://t.co/WhJncrgEIn

@usasong #songwritingcompetition

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“Melody is great, production is great, but lyrics are everything.” — @BastianLangebak

You might not recognise his name, but you’ll certainly know the songs written by this great Dane.

Read the full interview feature and more in our Spring issue: https://t.co/zDwEaAsnq7

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“It’s a song about an issue and we need more songs that are about issues.”

On this day in 1987, @SuzyV released 'Luka'. The legendary folk-pop singer-songwriter tells the remarkable story behind her song that tackled the subject of child abuse head-on... https://t.co/Ldiv8jvXV4

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Oslo-based musician Sanyu deconstructs her latest song 'Future Display' – a meditation on future ruin and present complacency, shaped through jazz propulsion, fragmented dreams, and quietly political songwriting... https://t.co/T0kY9EInhL

#sanyu #futuredisplay #songwriter

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"I’d written poetry since I was eight years old…but all of us young kids were learning how to put everything together" — Steve Hawley

On this day in 1998, @BV3G released 'Drinking In LA'. Discover the genesis of their genre-defying 90s hit single... https://t.co/Ki4pTsoj7p

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With a new album, anniversary reissue and 'Atlantis' still casting a long shadow, @SeafretOfficial reflect on 15 transformative years... https://t.co/gfAD6UUnjM

#seafret #harrydraper #jacksedman #songwriters

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On this day in 2022, @OneRepublic released 'I Ain't Worried'. The superstar songwriter @RyanTedder told us how, when Tom Cruise and Top Gun came calling, he delivered the blockbuster anthem within 24 hours... https://t.co/FfzpR30bKc

#iaintworried #songwriter #topgunmaverick

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“The ability to feel joy and grief at the same time is what makes us human”

LA-based singer-songwriter @mathansenmusic takes us Song-by-Song through his debut album 'Orchid' in our latest issue.

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#matthansen #songwriter

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Singer Nathaniel Fregoso on @thebloodarm debut album that somehow captured one of the most dynamic live bands in the business... https://t.co/NQ7UuA7c35

#thebloodarm #bombromantics #nathanielfregoso #songbysong #songwriter #songwriting

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Hitmakers Live is coming to the UK for the first time.

The 5-day immersive songwriting retreat will take place in the Cotswolds this October, hosted by Mike Meiers and Judy Stakee, with support from Songwriting Magazine... https://t.co/IS9qbpkh3q

#songwritingretreat #hitmakers

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On this day in 2006, @plainwhitets released 'Hey There Delilah'. Tom Higgenson explains how, armed with a name and location, the lead singer conjured up a song to capture a billion hearts... https://t.co/B8V3R5y5q2

#plainwhitets #heytheredelilah #tomhiggenson