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StrongWriter On The Radio – Episode 289 “KENNETH ROY with DANIEL RYMAN – My Appointment With The Doctor and The Chairman”

April 20, 2023 Dean Olson

My interview with Northern California based singer-songwriter-performer KENNETH ROY. He is joined with his collaborator, producer and fellow multi-instrumentalist DANIEL “Doctor” RYMAN. We discuss Kenneth’s current singles from his album “CHAIRMAN” The title track is doing quite well in its current release complete with video. The three of us had a very informative extended chat…

StrongWriter On the Radio · StrongWriter On The Radio - Ep 289 “KENNETH ROY - My Appointment With The Doctor and The Chairman”

With ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ songwriter Richard Sherman relives the pain of ‘Mary Poppins’

December 23, 2013 Dean Olson

85-year-old Richard Sherman is a character in the Disney holiday release “Saving Mr. Banks” opposite Emma Thompson as Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Jason Schwartzman plays Sherman and B.J. Novak plays Sherman’s brother and songwriting partner, Robert B. Sherman. Schwartzman, who at 33 is two years older than Sherman was in 1961, sings “Feed the Birds” beautifully…

Rod Stewart on Being a Born-Again Songwriter, Future Faces Reunion (Q&A)

May 12, 2013 Dean Olson

Especially since it’s been nearly 20 years between songwriting. It hasn’t been 20 years between original material. But risk is good. Risk is going forward. And it seems to be getting fairly nice reviews. It’s exciting and it’s scary, because we have to … Read more from Chris Wellman’s article >>>

The Hitless Songwriter

May 11, 2013 Dean Olson

Michael Tannen, The Roches’ manager, was yelling into the phone at me. Why don’t you just listen to the radio and figure out how to write a commercial song? Then the phone went dead. We were at that point every music career gets to where the honeymoon was over. The Roches had burst onto the…

And Then I Found an Air Sick Bag… (Shantell Ogden)

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson

In 2002, I was on a flight from Georgia to Utah when suddenly at 30,000 feet I had a song idea. I knew I had to ‘get it out’ so I rifled through my purse, but I didn’t have paper or a pen. Frantic, I checked the pocket in the seat in front of me…

StrongWriter On The Radio – Episode 289 “KENNETH ROY with DANIEL RYMAN – My Appointment With The Doctor and The Chairman”

With ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ songwriter Richard Sherman relives the pain of ‘Mary Poppins’

Rod Stewart on Being a Born-Again Songwriter, Future Faces Reunion (Q&A)

The Hitless Songwriter

And Then I Found an Air Sick Bag… (Shantell Ogden)

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