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Songwriting: The inside Story

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 7:39am | Jake Kelly

It is intriguing to look at the outside of a CD of an artist’s new release. Perhaps it’s their second release, or maybe it’s their 20th. How do they do it?

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Demystifying the Guitar: Nashville Number System Helper

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 1:06pm | Jake Kelly

In Nashville a number system is used in place of conventional charts to facilitate quick transposing of songs.

Audio-Technica Sponsors USA Songwriting Contest

Mon, 06/21/2010 - 12:08pm

Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, is proud to be a sponsor for the 15th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. This is the 11th year of Audio-Technica’s involvement in the contest.

Alice, Meet Burt

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 1:17pm

First we had Little Steven telling bands that they needed to play covers and do bar gigs to really learn their craft.

LIZ LONGLEY WINS TOP HONORS AT 6th IAMA

Fri, 02/12/2010 - 2:03pm

Liz Longley (Philadelphia, PA, USA) won the top prize at Sixth annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). The singer-songwriter also won first prize in the Folk category.

Light My Fire - Chapter Four

Thu, 01/28/2010 - 4:17pm | Richard Gilewitz

So you finally have a few tunes under your belt. Now it is time for a process or creation of a method for a maintenance program of your ever-developing library of music. I have been able to maintain about a five-hour repertoire in standard and multiple tunings this way and for me it seems to work quite well.