If making music isn’t the most ancient of human activities, it’s got to be pretty close. Melody and rhythm can trigger feelings from sadness to serenity to joy to awe; they can bring memories from childhood vividly back to life. The taste of a tiny cake may have inspired Marcel Proust to pen the seven-volume…
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Original songs from the hit TV series ‘Nashville’ — and other shows — are taking over iTunes and turning actors into legit pop stars…
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It was April of 1988 when Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty recorded “You Got It,” an international top ten hit for Orbison starting in 1989, a month after his death from a heart attack. April was also the same month in which the Traveling Wilburys would record their first song “Handle With Care.” …
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By “The Mindset Maven” P.J. McClure http://themindsetmaven.com/ For whatever reason, I’ve been blessed to have a position of influence and I will never take it lightly. Every one of us has that same position with someone else. Most of the time we don’t even know it, but that doesn’t excuse the responsibility. No one is…
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If you were ever keen to see how the creative wheels spin to propel Taylor Swift’s musical creations, here’s a spot for you. The Diet Coke brand ambassador appears in the new spot, “Music That Moves,” part of the brand’s “Stay Extraordinary” campaign.
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The people’s list of top ten songs written about cars. Thanks to all the people at the 2010 Big Bear Fun Run for their input….
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The Big Bear Fun Run is a major fund raising effort in the form of a car show held every year on the second weekend in August in the village of Big Bear Lake. On average, you can see about 400 classic vehicles at this exhibition. In 1982, a group of people who shared a…
Read MoreBy Shantell Ogden A Favorite Co-writing Friend: Wood Newton Nashville is the ‘land of the co-write’ and the best comparison I’ve ever found to co-writing is dating. Here are four ways co-writing can feel like a first date: 1. No Chemistry– we’ve all been there. You may like your co-writer as a person…
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One of the more popular field trips on Eclectic TV, even though Dean didn’t get any interviews on-camera!
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NEW YORK – Elton John and his longtime songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, will be honored at this year’s Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. John and Taupin, who teamed on most of the singer’s best-known hits, will receive the Johnny Mercer …
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