All Entries in the "Crossover: Song Creation in the 21st Century" Category
What is Songster?
Photo from the blog, Record Fiend There’s not alot of information on the history of songster. Following is a link to my definition of Songster, a reference I make to myself, and definitions of songster by AllMusic.com and Wikipedia. AllMusic.com offers this definition: The songster tradition both pre-dated and co-existed with blues music, especially in [...]
Crossover: Song Creation in the 21st Century – Proposal
Crossover: Song Creation in the 21st Century Crossover: Song Creation in the 21st Century is a comprehensive manual (eMultimedia production in-progress) on songwriting from the technical, cultural and business perspectives. The proposal available for viewing was originally entitled, Bridge On Fire. Crossover: Song Creation in the 21st Century – Proposal – PDF Crossover: Song Creation in the [...]
What Songs Are
Songs can be as loud as a train wreck or as quiet as a butterfly’s soul. They can irritate like a rash or sooth like exotic oil. Songs are like children. They need to be nurtured, dressed up, and once they’re old enough, kicked out of the house. Songs have the potential to communicate in [...]
Songwriting Sources
Songwriting Sources Beware of sites that claim they can teach how to write a “Hit” song. To use a common quote: ”If it were that easy everyone would be doing it.” Ironically, the sheer volume of hit songs would indicate that just about anyone can, in fact, write a hit song. But numbers are deceiving. [...]
“Too Many Notes” – Why Song Critique Services Fail
There is a new trend amidst the songwriting community to submit your songs for analysis, or the word they like to use is, “critique.” Actually, Taxi and other song evaluation services have been doing it for years, but now it’s becoming a cottage industry. If you’re a fledgling songwriter clueless about how to write songs, [...]
Overcoming Negativity as a Songwriter
I’ve endured a number of harsh critics starting with my father. My father put me down every chance he could get. And like a life coach taught me, some of the friends I picked in my life were spin-offs of my father. It was as if all I knew was the put-down, so I went [...]
Brief History of Music Publishing in the United States
Stephen Foster – 1826-1864 The history of music publishing and recording in America is a history of American music, from religious songs to military marches, from Stephen Foster to Tin Pan Alley, from Broadway to New Age. Success for a publisher and/or record label is primarily based on the number of popular songs and instrumental [...]
What Is A Song?
What is a song? Most people will say it’s a combination of melody and lyric. The more enlightened will add harmony and rhythm, or a beat. Adding to this, it has structure, usually repeats of verses and choruses. In terms of recording, or radio airplay, a song lasts in the three-minute range, a standard that [...]
Little Bang – Birth of a Songwriter
Well, ya gotta start somewhere. There was the Big Bang and I guess we’re all a bunch of Little Bangs. But, like the universe, it really doesn’t matter where things began as much as what’s in front of us in the here and now. Actually, the little bang started along time ago. I certainly won’t [...]
