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Olivia Rodrigo, Daniel Nigro Are ASCAP’s Pop Music Songwriters of 2024

Olivia Rodrigo and co-writer Daniel Nigro are the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Songwriters of the Year. It is the second award in the top category for Rodrigo, who first received the honor in 2022. Chappell Roan, who has a fast-climbing hit with “Good Luck, Babe!,” which she co-wrote with Nigro and Justin Tranter, was scheduled to present Nigro with his award on Wednesday (May 8) at an invitation-only event in […]

todayMay 9, 2024

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Judas Priest Teamed With Big Pop Songwriters on Shelved Songs

Judas Priest once recorded a trio of tracks with pop songwriters and producers Stock Aitken Waterman, and Rob Halford says he'd love to see those songs leaked even though the band initially decided to shelve them.In speaking with NME, Halford recalled the '80s-era session with the songwriting and production trio, revealing his desire to see the songs eventually see the light of day.The songwriting and production trio were definitely on […]

todayMarch 1, 2024

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Songwriters & Music Publishers Due Nearly $400M in Streaming Payments

Songwriters and publishers are due nearly $400 million in additional payouts following the Copyright Royalty Board‘s Phonorecord III final determination in August, according to information the Mechanical Licensing Collective (the MLC) released on Friday (Feb. 23). During the Phono III blanket license period (2021-2022), the MLC reports that digital service providers like Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube and Pandora underpaid rightsholders by $419.2 million — $281 million from mechanical royalties and […]

todayFebruary 24, 2024 8

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Songwriters Who Have Won Best Song Oscar Twice in 3 Years: Full List

That's a fast turnaround, but one songwriting team and one individual songwriter did even better, winning back-to-back Oscars. Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, winner of the Music (Original Song) award for ‘No Time to Die’ at the 94th Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 27th, 2022 in Los Angeles. Gilbert Flores Billie Eilish and Finneas could be headed for their second Oscar for […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 4

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30A Songwriters Festival kicks off growing list of Florida Panhandle music festivals | Keith Spera

The Florida Panhandle’s scenic Emerald Coast is not just about beaches anymore.The stretch of south Walton County between Miramar Beach and Rosemary Beach, a popular summertime getaway for New Orleanians, is home to an ever-growing list of boutique music festivals.The combination of sound and sand is not necessarily new. Since 2010, the Hangout Music Festival has attracted tens of thousands of fans to Gulf Shores, Alabama, in May. But a […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024 1

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2024 Podunk Songwriters Contest accepting entries

The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, held each summer in Goshen, CT, is accepting entries for the 2024 edition of their annual Songwriter’s Contest. An entry fee of $25 puts writers in the running for a $200 first prize, $100 second place award, or $50 for third. All winners also receive an award certificate, a festival T-shirt, a special songwriter’s ball cap, and free tickets to the 2024 festival. Eligible are […]

todayJanuary 4, 2024 3

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Veteran musician David Baxter championed Canadian songwriters

Open this photo in gallery:A gifted guitarist, a self-deprecating singer-songwriter, David Baxter (pictured in 2017) was a committed mentor to many Canadian musicians over the years and a musical lifer.HandoutOn April 2, 2008, guitarist David Baxter was offered a gig in Toronto on three days’ notice and with barely any details attached. He was to show up at 178 Victoria St. by 5 p.m., with a guitar. There would be […]

todayNovember 17, 2023 1

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Apple Music launches new ‘Lost & Found’ series that puts the spotlight on Nashville songwriters

Apple is launching Lost & Found, an exciting new Apple Music program that puts the spotlight on Nashville songwriters by showcasing some of the best country tracks that were never released, making them available for the first time to fans worldwide. Check out the Lost & Found space HERE.Thousands of songs are written each year by incredibly talented songwriters that are doomed to never be recorded — until now. With Lost & […]

todayJuly 27, 2023 2

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