WATCH THE CONVERSATION WITH MATT SCANNELL How many times has a song come to you in a dream and you were sure you'd remember it, so you rolled over and went back to sleep--only to wake to find it gone with the morning light? When that happened to my friend Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon, he got up. He got the song down. That song, "Everything You Want," became the #1 song on the Billboard charts the following Summer. It...
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Respected Music Attorney Ben McLane returned to The Songwriting School in October 2018 for Episode 7 of In Writing: Conversations on the Music Business, In this open forum, Ben presented topics from his brand new book Music Business in Ten Easy Lessons, and fielded questions from the audience. Mr. McLane has been involved in deals of more than 100 Top 10 Songs and Albums. If you have a question, he has an answer. Visit his websit: www.benmclane.com Check out Ben's book on Amazon Music...
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Watch vocal performance coach Joy Graysen in The Art of Performance: Freeing the 'You' Inside, as she leads you on an exploration of your own greatness and how to get there. In this open event, she explores some of the concepts that make that growth possible, as singers and as creative people.  There are TWO spots available in her SUMMER vocal performance class The Art of Performance, Wednesday nights starting 7/25 Joy Graysen is also available for PRIVATE LESSONS and offers free additional lessons when her students...
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As producer, Bob Cutarella has shaped records for some of the most iconic artists in our industry. As publisher or manager, his gift for matching artists and songs led to cuts with still more icons. As a developer of young talent, he workshopped emerging songwriters at The Songwriters Hall of Fame in NY for a decade. Watch this personal interview as Bob reflects on the love and tenacity required to make a life and a living in music.
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The Songwriting School welcomed Guinness World Record Holder for Longest Continuous Freestyle Rap (24+ hours!) and author Romane Armand on Monday, November 13 for a night of rhyme. In his new rhyming dictionary, Book of Rhymes: A Laxative for Creative Constipation, Armand delivers the family-rhyming fruits of 14 years of creative labor, a paperback device for breaking through blocks. Armand explained that his love of rhymes is nearly as old as he is. As a child he struggled in school....
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THE GRAMMYS & THE SONGWRITING SCHOOL THE ROOTS songwriting student and Megadeath lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro (picture above, second from left) took home the Grammy for Metal Album of the Year! His brilliantly talented wife, Maria Ilmoniemi, is a ROOTS and Songmakers alum as well.ROOTS and Music Theory alum Dan Konopka's band OK GO lost the Best Video Grammy to Beyonce. Man, if we had a dime for every Grammy our students lost to Beyonce...The Professional Singer-Songwriter instructor and accomplished indie artist Nikhil...
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FALL CLASSES FROM OUR GUESTS     The Songwriting School of Los Angeles was honored to host two nights of discussions on the topic of Mastery. Watch the full video of each night below.  ALL ABOUT MASTERY, NIGHT 1 - 10/3/16: PAUL ZOLLO, PHIL CODY, MICHAEL SHERWOOD, JOY GRAYSEN Our guests on Night 1 included Phil Cody: 2-Time ASCAP Song of the Year Award Winner/#1 Writer, The Masters' Workshop Paul Zollo: Respected Author,...
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Want to be invited when Paul Zollo interviews an iconic songwriter like Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees Jeff Barry or Chip Taylor, Grammy- & Oscar-Nominated Stephen Bishop, the great Neil Sedaka, or Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Member Mike Love? We do too! Sign up below to attend in person, tune in live online, or watch the archives. Note: Enter your e-mail address in the space provided and press ENTER or RETURN on  your device. Your address will be...
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How do you know when a song idea is worth pursuing? "It's gotta give me the chills," remarks Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Chip Taylor without a moment of hesitation. He recounts how he has learned to trust what moves him in this inspiring and fascinating conversation and performance with Paul Zollo as part of Songwriters on Songwriting, LIVE - Interviews by Paul Zollo. Chip Taylor is perhaps best known for writing the iconic "Wild Thing" as well as the...
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Watch our SUMMER KICK-OFF Event: ABOUT OUR FEATURED GUESTS: The Songwriting School of Los Angeles kicked off the Summer 2016 on Monday, July 11 with a thought-provoking night on the craft, performance, and business of singer-songwriters. Special guests (click the name to learn about the class each is teaching this Summer): Phil Cody, 2-Time ASCAP Song of the Year Award Winner/ #1 Writer (teaching Lyrics with Phil Cody, starting M 7/18 - offered for the LAST TIME!) Gaelen Whittemore, artist manager & publishing/licensing for...
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