Many websites offer pro song critiques, with prices varying from £10 ($20) up to £50 ($100). Should you get one?
The debate is rife on songwriters forums and mostly, songwriters do not agree. In fact, this article was inspired by a thread on the subject over at Just Plain Folks.
Like many of these decisions, it depends on your […]

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While reading a music forum recently, i came across a thread where the poster had a problem to write a complete piece of music. No, his problem wasn’t writer block, as he constantly came up with new short ideas. His problem was that his ideas kept piling up, without ever becoming complete pieces of music.
 I have […]

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Every week, Andrea Stolpe writes a post titled “while you are writing”, in which she suggests we try 2 ideas, one for the business side of songwriting and one for the craft side of songwriting. I’m loving her craft suggestion of the week; read it at http://andreastolpe.berkleemusicblogs.com/2008/01/28/while-you-are-writing%e2%80%a6idea-3/
Over at “My endeavour to become a published songwriter”, […]

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