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New blog post by Rachel McCarron Everything Has Changed Monday January 11th, 2016. I awoke to a text from Becky. Shit. What? I checked the Guardian website to find the top headline: David Bowie dies of cancer age 69. Suddenly it all made sense. I’d been playing the album on repeat...

“There’s a kind of ear music … a rhythmic synchronicity which creates a kind of heartbeat on the page.” Allan Gurganus

I’ve only just caught up with this (others here will already have done so, I’m sure) but it does repay careful reading, just to see what the @&%$ happened to the music industry… and could it happen to publishing? I’m inclined to think, not exactly.. but…...

“Thought is the enemy of flow” Vinnie Colaiuta

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/spotify-algorithm-artists-music-musicians-money-songs-playlists In the hands of some of its most gifted practitioners, songwriting is a kind of emotional alchemy. For the past week, I have been returning to a perfect example: Every Time the...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/25/grand-theft-ai-ministers-behind-it-work-stolen-copyright View image in fullscreen We are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and counting, the other cofounded The Other Songs, a leading independent record and publishing company. Our...

A happy man may be a successful bishop, dog-catcher, movie actor or sausage-monger, but no happy man ever produced a first-rate piece of painting, sculpture, music or literature. George Jean Nathan

...what captures the vibe of your current or most recent work? I've found a music break with evocative songs (preferably while on a walk) to be helpful in that "marathon of the middle." It helps me hold steady and maintain atmosphere and tone. Or, at least, I like to think it does. For me, it's...

Critics can’t even make music by rubbing their hind legs together. Mel Brooks

New blog post by Jonny – discussions in this thread, please --- Over the years, I slung my guitar in many bands, and although not exactly an international rock star, I have had the good fortune to play on a few minor tours in and around various European countries. Back in the mid-nineties just...

New blog post by Vagabond Heart – discussions in this thread, please --- It is 1975. I am a teenager, listening for the first time to a protest song by Greg Lake. The tune mesmerises me, the riff stiffens the hairs on the nape of my neck. I want to hear it over and over, but I don’t get pocket...

Earlier this morning I was sitting at my desk, lost somewhere down the YouTube warren, when the video below pops up on my sidebar as a suggestion. "What the heck is this?" I ask myself. But as soon as I press play, immediately, I'm drawn in by the beautiful acoustic guitar and the fact the...

“Fear, he is a liar.” Zach William

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.” Rosanne Cash

I know we've touched on this before, but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for (without the search function). I had an idea for an entire book from a song. The song would feature heavily, and song lyrics would be used throughout, but only in snippets at a time. I don't believe the song is...