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DEAN OLSON is a songwriter, radio host and producer of two acclaimed interview series: "StrongWriter On the Radio" and "Dean Olson Hollywood Interview" "StrongWriter" is a conversational long form music interview program - now a podcast with selected episodes streaming on iHeart Radio. Occasional, Dean cleanses the listeners palette with shows featuring actors, authors and entertainers in his "Hollywood Interview" series. One element ties the two series together: The triad of faith, hope & encouragement. Dean is based out of Orange County in Southern California.

Songwriting Tip: Inviting the Listener In

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

Ralph Murphy provides songwriting tips of “inviting the listener in”. He is a hit producer/songwriter: “Talking in Your Sleep”, “Half the Way”, etc..

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5 Songwriting Tips For The Lazy

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

It’s funny, being a songwriter myself, I always find that writing songs can sometimes be a chore. But why does it feel this way? Isn’t this supposed to be my passion? Isn’t this supposed to be something that I never get bored of?

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Songwriting Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees: Aerosmith, Foreigner …

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Stories In the News

The Songwriting Hall of Fame’s 44th annual slate of inductees have been announced: Tony Hatch, Mick Jones & Lou Gramm, Holly Knight, JD Souther and Steven Tyler & Joe Perry will join previous recipients like Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Sam Cooke and …

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Classic hitmaker on songwriting in the digital age

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Stories In the News

“The word demo at that time implied the songwriters would make a relatively rudimentary (recording) of a song and send that out to a recording artist, or manager, or more often an A&R person at a record label.” After the artist or executive decided to …

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Shantell Ogden On Toilet Paper, Creativity and TV / Hello Sundance!

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Iron Sharpens Iron

 By Shantell Ogden   Hotel Park City at Sundance This year was my first Sundance experience and what an experience it was! Here are my top three highlights : – The People- You never know who you are going to meet, and where you’re going to meet them! Celebrities aside, one of my most interesting…

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Four Facts: Concerts at Sundance (Shantell Ogden)

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Iron Sharpens Iron

This week marks the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival, and I’m gearing up to be part of it this year through “Concerts at Sundance” benefiting Huntsman Cancer Institute!  Thanks to Stephanie Degraw, founder and owner of Power Media Entertainment (organizers of Concerts at Sundance), here are a few facts about the series… • Concerts…

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

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Iron Sharpens Iron

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…

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Monkees Hits See 3,000% Spotify Surge After Davy Jones Death

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson Stories In the News

By Lewis Corner The Monkees experienced a surge on Spotify following the death of member Davy Jones earlier this week. The music streaming service saw a 3,000% increase in Monkees hits being played between February 28-29, immediately following the confirmation of the singer’s death. Meanwhile, bandmate Peter Tork has revealed that the band “were looking…

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Songwriting Tip – Polishing the Silver Bowl (Pat Pattison)

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

Songwriting Tip: Pat Pattison talks about polishing songs, prosody, and ways to improve writing songs.

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Songwriting Tip: Don’t Ever Say “I’m Just a Lyricist”

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

Don’t Ever Say “I’m Just a Lyricist.”  That’s the advice of Molly-Ann Leikin, Music Business Mastery Consultant.  If you have the gift of lyric writing, then check this out! Dean – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…

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