Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 2 – October 1995 – Interview: Barry Mann

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 2 – October 1995 – Interview: Barry Mann

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Table of Contents

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INTERVIEW –

BARRY MANN  ………………………………………………………………………….. 7

After three decades of hits, this Brill Building survivor ruminates on his career and his craft. Robert L. Doerschuk reports.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING –

SONGCRAFTERS COLORING BOOK:

WRITING IN THE KEY OF “W”  …………………………………………………… 9

If achieving clarity in your lyrics is a problem, Bill Pere suggests asking “Who, what, when, where, why and how?”.

UPBEAT-

COME ALIVE IN ’95 ………………………………………………………………….. 11

The Japanese believe that whatever you do at the beginning

of the year you will continue to do until the end. With that thought in mind, Dan Kimpel examines career moves and attitudes.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE –

FINDING THE TIME TO WRITE………………………………………………….. 13

Writing songs and having a life don’t always go hand in hand. K.A. Parker explains how to “have it all.”

MUSICAL NOTES –

TRUTH VS. FACTS IN SONGWRITING………………………………………. 14

Confusing the facts with the truth in songwriting is like mistaking clay for sculpture. It’s what you do with the facts that’s everything, as Harriet Schock discusses.

LASS NEWS
MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS………………… 4

News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and A&R reps are this month, good stuff about our Members and Pickups.

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE………………………………………………. 6

Cassette RouletteTM (publisher song critiques) and Pitch-A-ThonTM (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts.)

FEBRUARY 1995 • SONGWRITERS MUSEPAPER 3

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From the Acting Archivist…

Much like the Songmine columns posted earlier, the archives contain a large collection of Songwriter Musepaper publications. With this posting, I am beginning a project to scan the cover and table of contents of each issue and then OCR (convert the scanned picture to text) the table of contents in order to make it searchable. I don’t yet have the staff necessary to create complete scanned issues of the Museupaper, but if there is interest in a particular article or interview, I can scan that and make it available here.

Douglas E. Welch, douglas@welchwrite.com