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University of Southern California Sees Success With Songwriting Program(1)
Chris Sampson, director of Popular Music at USC’s Thornton School of Music University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music began offering a Songwriting major in 2009. The program caters to a wide variety of USC songwriters and encourages students to discover their own unique method to songwriting. The university cleverly links songwriting students with [...]
Rex Fowler Of Aztec Two-Step On Bob Dylan
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I was 17 and going into my senior year in high school, working a summer job in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in the summer of ‘65. It was a resort where a lot of New Yorkers, mostly college kids, were also working. One of them had a handful [...]
Andy Grammer’s Top 10 Tips For Buskers
L.A. singer-songwriter Andy Grammer’s debut single “Keep Your Head Up” reached no. 5 on the Adult Pop Radio chart, and is currently approaching platinum sales status. Grammer’s latest single, “Fine By Me,” is out now via S-Curve records. Here, Grammer, who spent his formative years busking in Santa Monica, tells street performers how to “keep [...]
Matthew Ryan on Bob Dylan
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I can’t remember not being a Bob Dylan fan. For a songwriter, it’s like asking when did you get into breathing? How has he influenced your music? In Dylan’s work there’s always been a progressive traditionalism. I fear that’s often overlooked since for us now it seems [...]
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