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- The 50/90 Challenge Is Here Again 11:12pm Jul 3
- Corey Stewart - “Shadows” 10:42pm Apr 28
- I Wish I Wrote That #4 - “Under The Milky Way” By The Church 8:32pm Apr 22
Today is the start of one of the greatest songwriting challenges ever constructed IMHO. The 50/90 challenge. Run by the good folks at FAWM (February Album Writing Month), the premise of the challenge is really simple: Write 50 songs in the 90 days starting July 4th until October 1st...
“Shadows” was written after the breakup of a pretty messy relationship, a relationship which was characterized by me having to walk on eggshells for most of it. In the song I try to conceptualize the feelings of nervousness and anxiety I was going through at the time. Ha...
This song by Australian band The Church is a great example of what can happen when a bolt of “divine” inspiration comes your way. Ap...
The Songwriting Society Of Australia (SSA) is holding its Top 10 Songwriting Contest at the moment. From what I can see there are no genre categories to speak of so all songs submitted regardless of genre will be judged on its merits in one group...
A few days ago SCALA (Songwriters, Composers & Lyricists Association) launched its 16th Annual FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) Song Competition for 2009. This competition has been running every year since 1993...
Jeff Oxenford, in his songwriting blog recently wrote a post called “Songwriting: You’ve Got The Song, Now What?” in which he discusses some points to look out for when you’ve “finished” a song. The one th...
A couple of days ago I decided to take down the Songwriting Zen Forum. The reasons for closing it down are twofold: First of all, I didn’t have the time to devote to it anymore. ...
The last originals band I put together was a funk/groove outfit called Orangutang back in 2004 (hence the name of my business Orangutang Music)...
I know, I know. Some of you are thinking “…when is that Corey Stewart guy gonna put up more of his songs?” Well, I’ve been going through my songwriting archives and old demo recordings and I’ve found some songs to put up on Songwriting Zen. This is the first of many. The song...
Songwriting association SCALA (Songwriters, Composers & Lyricists Association) have been running something called the “Join Us” songwriting sessions since March 2004 in which I’ve had the pleasure of hosting a few times. Ess...
If there ever was a movie that makes me want to pick up my guitar and play it to an inch of its life it would be “Once”. If there ever was a song that makes me want to do the same thing it would be “Falling Slowly”. I fell in love this song the first time I ever heard it. From t...
Hi everybody, I just wanted to let you all know that the 29th Australian Songwriting Contest 2009 run by the Australian Songwriters Association (ASA) is in full swing. Entries for this songwriting competition (the longest running in Australia) close April 30th...
Well, it’s been a little over a year since I started Songwriting Zen (on February 29th, 2008) and I must say I’m very proud of my songwriting blog. It’s given me a forum to share with you my thoughts and feelings about the wonderful craft of writing songs. It’s...
I know it’s been a while but my new FREE eReport, the long awaited “11 More Ways To Eliminate (Song) Writers Block FOREVER!” is finally here for you to download and share with others. Talk about hot off the virtual press and ready to be devoured by songwriters everywhere. Feel...
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