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Opposing Internet Radio Fairness Act (US)

In the last three weeks, three coalitions of songwriter organizations have written letters to congress opposing the Internet Radio Fairness Act (IRFA) while asserting that songwriters royalty rates paid by services like Pandora are too low and need to be raised.
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How 10 Major Songwriters Make Big Money

The-Dream, the R&B singer and behind-the-scenes power player, recently boasted of a $15 million payday for writing Rihanna's 2007 smash "Umbrella." True? "When you have a cross-over song, it just makes more and more and more money," says Tom DeSavia, a vice president at Notable Music, a 50-year-old music publisher founded by the late songwriter Cy Coleman. "They just make shitloads of money from every source."
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Songwriting Apps

If you're into apps, these won't necessarily make you a better songwriter, but they might be fun and even inspirational! Evolver.fm has apps for songwriting for just about every platform. Click HERE to check them out!

ILikeSongs Blog

Check out Irene's new Blog I Like Songs where you'll find lots of her favourite old and new songs!

Links

If you have a songwriting or music-related webpage that you would like to suggest, email Irene.  Reciprocal links gratefully accepted :-)

SONGWRITING

SongU.com – created by Danny Arena and Sara Light, an online “university” for songwriters

Muse’s Muse – a huge and popular songwriting website, highly recommended

The Essential Secrets of Songwriting Blog – a great blog, including lots of tips by Gary Ewer.  He also has books, DVDs and web videos to peruse.  You’ll spend lots of time on his site!

Songwriting Tips, Tricks & Techniques – Ultimate Songwriting.com – A wealth of songwriting details to help you write better songs. Comprehensive songwriting tips, song writing articles, help and advice.

John Braheny – Expert advice for songwriters and bands.  Not a scam.

SongWellspring – Designed to be a source of information for songwriters, here are lists of music libraries, music supervisors, performance venues, organizations and much more.

University of N. Carolina Music Program – they’ve always kindly provided a link to my site :-)

Richhoncho Songwriter Links -  great and useful collection of links

Songwriting Resources – another collection of songwriting links from Kristen Williams

USEFUL TOOLS

Chord Progression Lessons – a good primer on the meaning and use of chord progressions

All Guitar Chords – Chord finder, including split chords and chord variations. Also features standard and exotic guitar scales.

Online Rhyming Dictionary – exactly what it says!

Dictionary.com – sometimes you have to look it up!

Free Expression Meanings – sometimes an interesting place to get an idea or to explore the meaning in common expressions that you may use in your songwriting

INTERESTING READS

Just Like a Woman – Eyolf Østrem analyzes Dylan’s song

The Brill Building – want to know where some of the greatest songs of all time came from?

A-Lyric – everything you ever wanted to know about lyrics:  stories, meanings, book reviews and commentary

The Singer/Songwriters of Second Life – yes, and they make money too!

Second Hand Songs – find out who wrote the original versions of many songs here

RECORDING

Studio Forum (Swedish) – a forum for home studio recording enthusiasts

JamStudio.com – The “online music factory” where you can create beats and background music for your song online and have a listen to what it might sound like.  Lots of fun!

Recording A Demo – a video series by Barry Bergman, a veteran manager, music publisher, speaker, consultant, who is the president and founder of the Music Managers Forum in the United States.

Finding The Right Producer For Your Songs - by Andrea Stolpe on the Berklee Music Blog

IRENE’S STUFF

 

Irene’s CDs - listen to and order Irene’s CDs

I Like Songs – a blog all about the songs IJ likes

Moonstone Productions – Irene’s music production studio

Guitar Instruction – Irene the guitar teacher