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DEAN OLSON is a songwriter host and producer of the weekly radio show "StrongWriter On the Radio." The popular long form music interview program is now a weekly podcast with new episodes being added each week. Dean is based out of Orange County, California.

Michael Trotter, Jr. “Sing Your Song Moment #2”

Songwriter Michael Trotter is preaching to the choir, but sometimes the individuals in the choir need a little personal attention.   You know we are all guilty of saying and even promising that we will do something to improve ourselves… and then NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH on that promise! My good friend Michael tells you what…

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Why Your Brain Craves Music

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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Smashville!

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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Remembering “You Got It” – 25 Years Later…

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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You’re Always On Stage

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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Taylor Swift Shows Her Songwriting Process In New Diet Coke Spot

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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Eclectic Songwriter Field Trip: Big Bear Fun Run / Top 10 Songs Written About a Car (Part 2)

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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Eclectic Songwriter Field Trip: Big Bear Fun Run / Top 10 Songs Written About a Car (Part 1)

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…

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4 Ways Your Co-Write is Like a First Date

By 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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Top 10 Songs About a Car (Eclectic TV Field Trip)

One of the more popular field trips on Eclectic TV, even though Dean didn’t get any interviews on-camera!

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