Highly recommended ... SONGWRITERS ON SONG WRITING, by Paul Zollo
RANDY NEWMAN's use of the "untrustworthy narrator", in the first person
JIMMY WEBB searching for unusual chord combinations - "I'm doing substitutions ... taking the third out ... adding a…
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From last March ...
... Hearing Jon Cleary at the 2015 Po-Boy Festival in New Orleans inspired a bluesy piano AABA song - "It Ain't True"
It took a while to come together; lots of edits and rewrites; Ken…
SONGWRITING AWARDS
8x TOP 30 *** Australian Songwriters Association SWC ***
1 - TOYS
(International Nov 2018)
2 - IT AIN'T TRUE
(International Nov 2017)
3 - FEEL
(International Nov 2017)
4 - BE THE REASON
(International Nov 2016)
5 - YOUR SMILE
(International Nov 2015)
6 - LOVE SINGS TO ME
(International Nov 2014)
7 - WHEN I WIN THE BIG ONE
(International Oct 2012)
8 - UNFORGIVEN
(International Nov 2011)
3x FINALIST - *** Great American SWC ***
17th Annual Great American Song Contest
GASC HONOR FINALISTS / 2015
Instrumental - 'Bellamy 5'
https://www.greatamericansong.com/honorary-2015.php#INSTRUMENTAL
14th Annual Great American Song Contest
GASC FINALISTS / 2012
Folk/Americana - 'Callin Thru The Night'
http://www.greatamericansong.com/honorary-2012.php#FOLK
14th Annual Great American Song Contest
GASC FINALISTS / 2012
Instrumental - Heaven's Lost and Found
http://www.greatamericansong.com/honorary-2012.php#INSTRUMENTAL