StrongWriter On the Radio Podcast with your host DEAN OLSON
Today, I wrap up my conversation with the incredible Shelly Peiken! If you missed the first half of our talk, you can listen to it right here. We continued the conversation as Shelly and I discussed her forthcoming book, Confessions Of a Serial Songwriter. I asked her about some of her collaborative relationships and how…
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“I wanna thank you, Shelly Peiken, for giving me some great insight on songwriting.” This is what I said to my very special guest after shaking off the nervousness of interviewing a truly creative professional songwriter. As you will sense from the conversation, Shelly has a warm and calm demeanor, and definitely has a passion…
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158347}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158348}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158349}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158349}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158350}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158351}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158351}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158352}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1446244158352}”] “Laura Pursell – I’ll Be Seeing You In L.A.” featuring the songs “Home” “Some Other Time” & “I’ll Be Seeing You”[/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]Today is the final episode of my conversation with Laura Pursell and her dad Bill Pursell. If you missed the previous episodes,…
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292180}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292181}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292182}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292182}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292183}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292184}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292185}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292185}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1443759292186}”] “Leslie Becker – Broadway Does Nashville” featuring the songs “Nothin’ Between Us” “I Cried” and “Green Eyed Girl”[/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]I love finding treasure. Every once in a while, treasure finds me. Or to be specific, one day recently, a lovely woman tweeted a polite request to…
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833721}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833722}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833723}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833724}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833724}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833725}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833725}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833726}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1442200833727}”] “Natalia Segura – It’s a Beautiful Day For Conscious Pop” featuring the songs “Beautiful Day” and “World Peace”[/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]Today, “My Mind’s Made Up” to have a “Beautiful Day” with my featured guest Natalia Segura! This lovely young woman calls herself a conscious music…
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958183}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958183}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958184}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958185}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958185}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958186}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958186}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958187}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1441844958187}”] “Brian Hutson – Betting On a Dream and Letting It Ride” featuring the songs “Let It Ride” and “She’s My Woman”[/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]Here’s a story that sounds like a dream come true if that dream includes New York City stardom. Well, perhaps it’s too soon…
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435269}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435270}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435270}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435270}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435271}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435271}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435271}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435272}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1435988435272}”] “Toni Staples – Get To Know Toni Staples” featuring the song “My Proud Soldier” [/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]I don’t always talk to folks from Nashville, but when I do, I try to find the nicest people to visit with. On the program this week, I…
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Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it with you. I am putting it in the file for future reference. ~ Dean The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130925lies.
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The structure is the foundation of any worship song. It doesn’t matter how much passion you put into your melody, how profound a wordsmith you are or how sincere your … READ MORE >>>
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David Bowie’s typically enigmatic decision not to do any interviews about his new album,The Next Day, means people have been left to put their own interpretations on the album’s unusual lyrics and surreal imagery. Author Ricky Moody – who writes for the literary magazine The Rumpus – recently asked Bowie to explain his thinking behind the new songs….
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