Songwriting and Music Production
“Diamond — who recorded a version of the song for his 1967 album Just for You — considered “I’m a Believer” to be a country song when he wrote it; he envisioned country music star Eddy Arnold recording it.”
Powell: It’ll never happen again. For me, doing so would soil our reputation. Holder: The way things are now between Dave and Don [back in February, Hill sacked Powell from the current, post-Holder/Lea line-up of Slade by email], it’ll never happen. I couldn’t do four or five gigs in a row singing like I used…
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4. Toronto, Canada I recently hung out with one of Toronto’s heads of Government arts funding. Let’s just say she had an annual arts budget comparable to the salary of an NBA superstar. All of that money went to Ontario-based indie artists to release their own albums. Toronto also has perhaps the highest talent per…
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CREDIT: PICTUREMATT/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK In an unprecedented show of solidarity, some 150 artists and executives, including Paul McCartney, Don Henley, Carole King, Katy Perry, U2’s The Edge, Pink, Sia and hitmaker Max Martin, have signed a letter addressed to the board members of Liberty Media, corporate parent to SiriusXM. At issue: The satellite radio giant’s opposition to Music…
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Source: ‘I joined a cult for 4 years and lost $1m. But maybe, in the end, I won.’ – Music Business Worldwide ‘I joined a cult for 4 years and lost $1m. But maybe, in the end, I won.’ –Desmond Child WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BREAK AS A SONGWRITER OR PERFORMER? When I was at…
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