SoundScribe

CALLING ALL #SONGWRITERS: thrilled to announce that the website SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase to the World - is now live. BUT we need original content. Classical. Ethnic. Country. Pop. Anything. Write. Record. Post. SIMPLE. This Is SoundScribe. soundscribe.org

@davidsylvian58 Your recommendations are hugely welcome. But we don’t believe ‘not for me’ is any less valid than ‘Love this’. What we need is qualification. I know there is music you have not enjoyed and you have expressed why. Openness to opinions for or against accompanied by comment is key.

@Stutweeets @davidsylvian58 The make-up may still be a bit glam but he had cut his hair by then and there's that Quiet Life red leather jacket. 1979 and a period of Japan to be incredibly proud of.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟@davidsylvian58 great shot,where was this taken?

Good luck to retired postie Phil Mitten who is in the @uksongwriting Contest final with his John Prine @JohnPrineMusic-inspired 'Never', says Will Payne @WillPayneKM on @Kent_Online. Find the piece via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

The Trump administration commissions a White House statue of left-winger @WoodyGuthrie - who wrote a song calling out Trump's father (his landlord) for racism. Find David Moye @dmoyeweirdnews's Huffington Post @HuffPost piece on this via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

Top #Songwriter @stevekipner (Olivia Newton-John @olivianj's 'Physical', Chicago @chicagotheband's 'Hard Habit to Break' and @xtina Aguilera's 'Genie in a Bottle') was interviewed on @phoenixfm this wk. Find Paul Golder @paulvgolder's piece via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

A former co-writer's wife is suing @bobdylan over the sale of his back catalogue, says @evanminsker on @pitchfork. Find the piece via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Sig up to free online #songwriting workshops with Natasha Haws @HawbagHaws and @MartyLongstaff of @TheLakePoets, says Katy Wheeler @KatyJourno in the @SunderlandEcho. Find the piece via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase to The World soundscribe.org

The 'new' @queensryche drummer Casey Grillo @drumCaseyGrillo has a hand in the #songwriting for their new album, says singer @ToddLaTorre. Find the @BLABBERMOUTHNET piece on this via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Interesting interview with David Crosby @thedavidcrosby by @AFP, discussing #songwriting, the current political climate and that US President chap. Find the piece via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Hats off and Congrats to @Olivia_Rodrigo for the remarkable success of her debut single 'Driver's Licence', with 10.9 million streams in a week. Find Mark Savage @mrdiscopop's @BBCNews piece on this via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Good piece by Friedemann Findeisen @FFindeisen in American Songwriter @AmerSongwriter on his pursuit of Max Martin @MaxMartinM's #songwriting formula and where it led him. Find the article via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

This week's music catalogue acquisition by Merck Mercuriadis @MMercuriadis's @HipgnosisSongs Fund: only the entire works by @shakira... Find Mark Savage @mrdiscopop's @BBCNews piece on this via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Interesting piece by @jamesshotwell_ of @Haulix on @hypebot on how short attention span is altering #songwriting. Although @thebeatles' first 8 singles were all under 3 mins (one was under 2), just saying... Find the piece via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

Inspiring piece on #songwriter Paul Williams @IMPaulWilliams (@BarbraStreisand's 'Evergreen' and much more) by Jacob Uitti @jakeuitti in American Songwriter @AmerSongwriter. Saved by @TheMuppets. Weren't we all? Find the article via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

There's a lot of this going on right now - so clearly worthwhile: @roundhillmusic has bought @bryanadams's #songwriting partner Jim Valance's catalogue, says @murraystassen on MBW @musicbizworld. Find the piece via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

A look back at the career of Livingston & Evans, the #songwriting duo behind 'Que Sera Sera' and other standards, by Paul Zollo @PaulSZollo (who interviewed them in '87) in American Songwriter @AmerSongwriter. Find the piece via SoundScribe soundscribe.org

It's ok, I think he's gone. We can all come out now.

Country singer-#songwriter Ed Bruce has died at the age of 81. Find the @RollingStone obituary by Jon Freeman @freemanjm via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

Sad to hear the news that Grammy @RecordingAcad-winning singer-#songwriter Jamie O'Hara has died from cancer at the age of 70. Find Sterling Whitaker @sterlingwit's piece in @TasteOfCountry via SoundScribe - Where Songwriters Showcase To The World soundscribe.org

The new @MarvelStudios / @disneyplus series @wandavision features music by Frozen @DisneyFrozen #songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez @Lyrikris10, says James White @jamwhite in @empiremagazine. Find the piece via SoundScribe soundscribe.org