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David Foster’s 10 Tips for Songwriters – YouTube

March 30, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

A great lecture from Mega-Producer, David Foster, courtesy of BMI.

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Clouds by Zach Sobiech | Songwriting Tips Blog

March 30, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

              Check out Zach’s latest song – Fix Me Up – Clouds is now available on iTunes! To download go.

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How to Keep Your Songwriting Ideas Alive – Creative Song Writing …

March 15, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

The Songwriter’s Creative Flow – –  An interview by Katy Haymer From the music website of Deondrae Porter

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Mark Cawley

Songwriting Tip: When the Well Runs Dry

March 8, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

            Mark Cawley talks about songwriting, writers’ block and how to deal with it. Mark Cawley’s songs appeared on 15 million records: Tina Turner, Wynonna. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…

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Songwriting Tip: How Do I Sell My Songs?

March 7, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

Molly-Ann Leikin, a hit songwriter says too many Songwriters keep asking her, “How do I sell my songs? Show me and help me to sell my songs!”   Maybe you aren’t expecting THIS answer. Dean ———————————————————————————— Songwriters always ask me, “how do I sell my songs? Can you show me how to sell my songs? Please help…

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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 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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Farce the Music: John Rich’s Songwriting Tips #65

March 6, 2013 Dean Olson StrongWriting - Tips For Songwriters

John Rich’s Songwriting Tips #65. I’ve already told you before that me and my boy Big Kenny were the originators and the innovators of hick-hop along with our big black cowboy compadre, Mr. Cowboy Troy. What you may …

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