If you’re a musician, or you want to keep track of up-and-coming and unknown musicians, you should register at a new social network for musicians called Fandalism. ... (Just found out the awesome news! 
These simple strategies for tapping the creative process can help keep you on track toward breakthrough success. 
David Lindquist: Feist creates haunting songs exploring passage of timeIndianapolis StarDavid Lindquist / The Star If timing is everything, Leslie Feist had her moment when a TV commercial pushed one of her songs to the masses even as the music... 
TIMER:start:[1334692777.04] FROM:CACHE:start:[ice-post-6367481-0-1-1]{00000} Because winning ALL of the Grammys wasn’t enough, Adele now leads the nominations in the UK’s 57th annual Ivor Novello Awards, presented by the British Academy of... 
The appearance of a new type of professional, The Creative, has put the rest of us in our Non-Creative places. We may not know how to compose a silly song, paint a lurid picture or graphically desi... 
Collaborations rule the week on the Billboard Hot 100, with Jennifer Lopez's track with Pitbull, Dance Again, hits no. 27, while Nicki Minaj sits atop the throne on the... 
Nicki Minaj scores her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded debuts atop the list with 253,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen... 
Writing. Not sometimes, not once a week, not every now and then for your blog -- but writing to make ... (Where do you get inspiration for content? 
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading -- through TED.com, our annual conferences, the annual TED Prize and local TEDx events. 
There will always be a wild, unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says a cognitive psychology, because reaching an “Aha moment” means leaping tall mental obstacles. 
This week on the charts beyond Adele and Kelly Clarkson's pole positions, Madonna gets a Super Bowl bump, Michael Jackson and 2CELLOS get Glee bumps and .fun gets a boost... 
The 54th annual Grammy Awards will kick off in style with a rock 'n' roll legend - Bruce Springsteen! The Boss will open up the show on Sunday night in Los Angeles, Access Hollywood has learned. 
Steve Jobs’s prominence in the collective imagination of what a truly innovative business leader should think, say, and do has only strengthened exponentially after his death. |
A lawsuit filed against the Recording Academy over its decision to trim the Grammy Award categories from 109 to 78 has been dismissed. The motion last week by New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing granted... ![Delta Goodrem Plagiarizes Arcade Fire Song? [VIDEOS] - International Business Times AU | Writing the Songs That Matter | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/g0KeDUzvC2YilsBRpr2t_Dl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
International Business Times AUDelta Goodrem Plagiarizes Arcade Fire Song? 
Eulogy For A Record StoreNPR (blog)Melody Records, on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC, closed on March 9, 2012, after 35 years in business. It wasn't a niche store — it didn't specialize in vinyl, or metal, or dance. 
During the creative process, the brain shuts off its normal inhibition of new ideas. Most of the time, it's important to self monitor so you don’t say everything you think or do everything you consider. 
The Songwriting School's course in Logic Pro 9 is unparalleled. Apple Logic Pro 9, at its newly reduced price, sets the standard for digital audio workstations, both on the Mac platform and overall. It's a killer package that every serious musician should at least look at closely, if not purchase immediately. 
Against a backdrop of uncertainty, economic turmoil and unprecedented change a new picture is emerging of the skills and traits for success (and perhaps even simply survival) in the modern era. via youtube.com Imagine yourself creative. Then do it. 
In THE ROOTS songwriting course we discuss how the most important skill we develop is preparing our intuition to make song decisions we can trust and count on. Jonah Lehrer is one of the leading thinkers and writers on how the brain works. His forthcoming book 'Imagine' will provide a useful roadmap for the creative. A tweet sparks a new cereal idea.http://t.co/pwseUiyV #dcedeca... 
This could be a great asset for those of you outside of LA who take online lessons with our instructors--OR those of you who co-write over Skype: Riviera for Skype is a Skype call recorder. It automatically records Skype calls and conversations to MP3 files. You may play call recordings with built-in player or any other external MP3 player. 
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There is one unfortunate event that is all but certain to happen to any songwriter: the dreaded writer's block. 
#1 Adele (creative idsc Billboard Hot 100 – 06 Feb: TweetBillboard Hot 100 |
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