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Dedicated to the art and craft of writing music and lyrics. Learn about great songwriters, songs, tips and techniques, gear, new music and more. #songwriting
Bristol, UK
Joined November 2011
🎄 The Winter 2025–26 issue of Songwriting Magazine is live now, featuring @GavinRossdale (@bushofficial), Laura Veltz, @rolandleegift @itsruthb @monstersandmen @kulashaker @TheBluetones @TDWPband and more. What better way to close out the year... 👉 https://t.co/KbZPbRmBA3
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On this day in 1998, @BrandNewHeavies released 'Shelter'. Jan Kincaid, the former drummer and songwriter of the London-based acid jazz-funk group, talks about the making of his dramatic, groove-led single... https://t.co/nyiSLkGbLV
#shelter #brandnewheavies #jankincaid #90smusic
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On this day in 1990, @DelAmitri released 'Nothing Ever Happens'. The Scottish indie-rockers’ frontman @thejustincurrie explains how their biggest UK hit was written in a room above a Glaswegian chip shop... https://t.co/VQ4NFoIlwR
#delamitri #justincurrie #nothingeverhappens
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Taxiway’s Mike Aurand outlines a practical, distraction-free songwriting process, turning vague sparks into finished songs through focus, structure, and patience... https://t.co/iJTsKoK9Qg
#mikeaurand #taxiway #songwritingtips #songwritingideas
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From heartfelt ballads to genre-defying anthems, 2025’s best songs captivate, uplift, linger, inspire, provoke, and celebrate the year in sound… https://t.co/rifw7Sdjha
#songsof2025 #playlist #bestsongs #songwriters
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Last chance to enter your Christmas songs for the 10th Annual 🎅🎄 Christmas Songwriting Competition. Hurry, enter at... https://t.co/Aa4O8Krfj3
#christmassongwritingcompetition #songwritingcontest
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It’s been another hugely successful year for @jessiejodillon, one of Nashville’s most distinguished songwriters – how does she keep it up?... https://t.co/5kyhDlFd3v
#jessiejodillon #songwriteroftheyear #songwriting
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“It’s better to finish things, have that experience, and move on. I have all these babies that have never been born.” — @deanjohnsongs The late-blooming songwriter on slow-grown ideas, tender melodies hiding sharp truths, and finally trusting his voice... https://t.co/TVR0X13iUx
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“The detail in the song paints the picture of their lives... Details that create feelings listeners can relate to.” Don’t wait for inspiration to strike, it can come from anything and anywhere, even the mundane, says singer-songwriter @nickiwellsmusic... https://t.co/KBQDF2KXLk
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“We wanted to be a unified vocal group that had a unified message.” — @Infinityssong on 'Metamorphosis' From a collective moment of doubt emerged a triumphant anthem for the sibling band... https://t.co/NR06m5Sjeg
#metamorphosis #songdeconstructed #infinitysong #vocalgroup
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In our short interview with @IzzyBizu in 2023, she shared a thought that still rings true today... “Songwriting can get people through hard times, bring joy and help create memories.” Revisit the full conversation here... https://t.co/byNyMSAgIv
#flashbackfriday #izzybizu
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English songwriter Keaton Henson reflects on revisiting his early influences, balancing distortion and restraint, and translating memory into layered, candid songs... https://t.co/bBaB4mhZWg
#keatonhenson #songwriter #songwriting #parader
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On this day in 1987, @TheRealRoxette released 'It Must Have Been Love'. As the Swedish soft-rock duo’s lead singer Per Gessle revealed, the ballad that graced the ‘Pretty Woman’ soundtrack was originally a Christmas song... https://t.co/yj58HWurzL
#roxette #pergessle #80smusic
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On this day in 1993, @CountingCrows released 'Mr. Jones'. The Californian alt-rock band’s frontman #AdamDuritz recalls a wild evening, creative clashes and a lucky break that created a career-defining anthem... https://t.co/dtNu12qDrU
#mrjones #countingcrows #90smusic
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“For me, a song is just conversation in a melody” On this day in 2004, @jossstone released 'Right To Be Wrong'. Here, the acclaimed songstress explains how a simple conversation turned into a hit... https://t.co/AlpvmO3HCw
#jossstone #righttobewrong #00smusic #songwriting
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“I wrote something down about it on a receipt. Songwriters love receipts” — @Shelly_Peiken On this day in 1999, @xtina released 'What A Girl Wants'. The songwriter recalls how she wrote the No 1 single, which became one of the year's biggest hits... https://t.co/VcwrhkTVaH
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Skip Curtis and @OwenGurry share the lessons, creative habits, and industry awareness needed to thrive in the sync arena... https://t.co/dHImkkwupe
#owengurry #skipcurtis #sync #writingforfilm #writingfortv #songwriting #writingsongs #songwriters
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“It sounds harsh, but it’s true: if everyone likes you, you’re probably not saying much” — @neomimusic The Surinamese / Dutch folk-pop songwriter on letting go, self-observation, clarity, and embracing the merits of critics and haters alike... https://t.co/PqdNSrnLoE
#neomi
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“You find out through songwriting that there are a million ways to say, ‘I love you.’” We've republished our 2018 interview with the iconic @MacyGraysLife – a deep dive into her fearless songwriting and the unexpected journey behind 'I Try'... https://t.co/m9CPWRuFDW
#macygray
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On this day in 2014, Ariana Grande released 'Santa Tell Me'. @Savan_Kotecha reflects on how the modern Christmas classic started off as a tune sung in the shower one July... https://t.co/G94WT4z0AU
#savankotecha #arianagrande #christmassongs #santatellme #songwriter #songwriting
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