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Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 5 – May 1989 – Interview: Lyle Lovett

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FEATURES

LYLE LOVETT: DOING IT HIS WAY
Mandi Martin-Fox, LASS special events coordinator and confessed Lyle Lovett maniac was, we figured, the best one qualified to interview this unique writer/artist. We figured right Page 8

DON’T BE A DAY JOB SNOB
Molly-Ann Leikin takes an intriguing look at the “pay the rent” day gigs of some superstar writers and artists as they waited for their ships to come in Page 14

TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Produce Your Own Demos: Part One Hank Linderman gives you the basic ingredients of a good demo Page 17

LASS NEWS
NOTEWORTHY — MEMBER NEWS — MUSICAL CHAIRS
News about classes, and good stuff about our members Page 4

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Cassette Roulette (publisher song critiques), Pitch-A-Thon (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts), Pick-Ups (the names of writers whose songs got picked up at those sessions in the past month) Pages 12-13

NOTE: David “Cat” Cohen’s Theoretically Speaking column will be back next month.

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 11 Issue 12 December 1996 – Interview: Allan Rich
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1991 – Interview: Fee Waybill
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 1 – January 1989 – Interview: Steve Lukather: Major Guitar Talks Major Songs
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 9 – September 1990 – Interview: Desmond Child
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 11 Issue 12 December 1996 – Interview: Allan Richl

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INTERVIEW-

ALLAN RICH 9
Where do you go after you’ve had a hit song on the top-selling soundtrack album of all time? Dan Kimpel probes the psyche of hit maker Allan Rich.

MUSICAL NOTES-
LISTENERS VOTE FOR COMMUNICATION 16
Harriet Schock discusses the importance of communication skills in songwriting, as in politics.

SPOTLIGHT—
PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS FROM SONGWRITERS EXPO 19 18

THE NAS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 20
The Academy’s highest accolade is bestowed this year on songwriting legends Leiber & Stoller, Joni Mitchell and Smokey Robinson.

ORGANIZATION 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.

LASS WEEKLY SCHEDULE 6
Cassette RouletteTM (publisher song critiques) and Pitch-A-ThonT. (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

NAS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 7-8

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1991 – Interview: Fee Waybill
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 1 – January 1989 – Interview: Steve Lukather: Major Guitar Talks Major Songs
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 9 – September 1990 – Interview: Desmond Child
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1991 – Interview: Fee Waybill

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1991 – Interview: Fee Waybill

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INTERVIEW – FEE WAYBILL 7 

The former Tubes’ lead singer chronicles his development as a lyricist and talks about his collaborators which include Richard Marx, Tom Snow and others. 

CENSORSHIP – EDITORIAL 12 

Len Chandler gives the censorship issue some historical perspective.

NAS SALUTES THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER 15 

Once more, hit writers performing their own songs create a memorable night. 

CRAFT – RX FOR VANILLI SYNDROME 16 

David Cat Cohen departs from his usual how-to for some philosophy on the value of craftsmanship. 

MORGAN AMES FROM THE HEART: INNER VOICES 17 

Dan Kimpel finds the primo vocal group. 

THE ART OF THE SINGER – BREATH CONTROL 

Vocal coach Lis Lewis gives you some exercises to keep your pipes tuned. 

TOOLS OF THE TRADE 20

Two New Toys For Total Nerds Hank Linderman has some new toys for ya, nerds or not. He also gets philosophical around this time of year. 

LASS NEWS 

MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS – PICKUPS 4 

News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members and Pickups (songs picked up at the weekly Songwriters Showcase and held for further consideration by our music industry guests). 

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE 25

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

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 1 – January 1989 – Interview: Steve Lukather: Major Guitar Talks Major Songs
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 9 – September 1990 – Interview: Desmond Child
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1991 – Interview: Fee Waybill

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 1 – January 1989 – Interview: Steve Lukather: Major Guitar Talks Major Songs

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FEATURES
STEVE LUKATHER – Major Guitar Talks Major Songs
Veteran session player and Toto co-founder prepares for his solo album on Columbia and talks about writing Page 8

OUT OF THE CLOSET
Molly-Ann Leikin is saved from herself in a very unusual and productive way Page 15

PHRASING
Key To Hit Melody Writing Cat Cohen discusses what separates the great from the good Page 20

LASS NEWS
MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS
News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members Page 4

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Who will be at the Showcase looking for songs and what they’re looking for on Cassette Roulette (publisher song critiques) and Pitch-A-Thon (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts). Also a list of Pick-Ups (writers whoses songs were picked up last month) Pages 12-13

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 9 – September 1990 – Interview: Desmond Child
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 9 – September 1990 – Interview: Desmond Child

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FEATURES

DESMOND CHILD – ROCK’S BUSIEST COLLABORATOR
John Braheny takes lunch with the man who brought a varied musical background and considerable production, lyric and melody writing talent to the realm of hard rock and metal with results that consistently see the tops of the charts Page 8

GETTING READY TO RECORD
Demo producer/arranger Daniel Teddei gives you some valuable tips on how to make your time in the studio more productive by preparing well before the session Page 11

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING
Designing Songs – Picking The Right Elements David Cat Cohen is back with yet another metaphor for examining the craft of songwriting Page 14

10 POINTS YOUR SONG CONTRACTS SHOULD INCLUDE
The Songwriters Guild of America has been in the forefront of developing writer-oriented contracts. Memorize these points. Page 18

TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Dummy Demos – Hank Linderman lets us in on a great way to catch the magic as it happens before it gets buried in your tech manual Page 21

LASS NEWS

MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS
News about classes, biz events,where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members Page 4

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Cassette Rouletterrm (publisher song critiques), Pitch-A-Thon ‘1 (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts), Pick-Ups (the names of writers whose songs got picked up at those sessions in the past month) Pages 13-14

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1992- Interview: Thom Bell

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INTERVIEW – THOM BELL
Dan Kimpel, major Thom Bell fan, jumped at the chance to interview the legendary hit writer/arranger/producer of the Stylistics, Delfonics, Spinners, Deniece Williams, James Ingram and Elton John.

MUSICAL NOTES -THE ART OF THE SINGER: WHO NEEDS VOICE LESSONS? 12
Voice teacher/vocal coach Lis Lewis gives you some convincing reasons why you should consider a voice teacher.

SPOTLIGHT – A VISIT WITH PRODUCER ROGER BECHIRIAN ….. . .14
Dan Kimpel hangs out with the engineer/producer whose credits include Carlene Carter, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Elvis Costello, the Sex Pistols, Trashcan Sinatras and others.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE -BE PREPARED 16
Hank Linderman tells you from long experience how preparation for your demo session can help you get it done fast and good and maybe even cheap.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING – THE IMPORTANCE OF A SONG CONCEPT 18
David Cat Cohen makes a case for getting focused on a concept to help you write better songs.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE – IRVING GORDON BLOWS IT 20
John Braheny got irritated about an unforgetable acceptance speech.

LASS NEWS MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS 4
News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members and Pickups.

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE 13
Cassette RouletteTM (publisher song critiques), Pitch-A-ThonTM (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

APRIL 1992 • SONGWRITERS MUSEPAPER 3

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 2 – Febraury 1992 – Interview: Kenny Loggins

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MUSICAL NOTES 
GRAMMY “BEST SONG” NOMINATIONS 6

INTERVIEW – 
KENNY LOGGINS 7 
John Braheny gets together with Loggins for a heart-to-heart on his life and new album, Leap Of Faith, and finds little separating the life and the art. 
UPBEAT -THE ZEN OF HYPE 11 Dan Kimpel talks about veteran publicist Raleigh Pinsky’s new how-to book, The Zen Of Hype.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES –
SONGWRITERS – THE NEXT GENERATION 12 
Pat Luboff edits a revealing exchange of viewpoints from hit writers Allan Rich, Martin Page and Pamela Phillips-Oland on publishers, staff deals, creative style and more from a recent California Copyright Conference panel.

SPOTLIGHT – 
NAS SALUTES THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER 14 
On December 12, NAS produced its sixth annual “salute” to an SRO crowd of songwriting afficionados.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE-
DIGITAL HELL – PART 2 16 
Hank Linderman gives us the second installment on the pros and cons of the big “D.”

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING – 
WORD PAINTING 20 
David Cat Cohen discusses the creative use of words to paint pictures that reflect the emotion and style of the music.

LASS NEWS 
MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS 4 
News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members and Pickups.

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE 13 
Cassette RouletteTM (publisher song critiques), Pitch-A-ThonTm (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 7 – July 1992 – Interview: Robert Byrne

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INTERVIEW – ROBERT BYRNE 7
The hit writer/producer who took Earl Thomas Conley to #1 seven times and had hits with Ronnie Milsap, The Forester Sisters, Mike Reid, Kenny Rogers and Shenandoah talks with Dan Kimpel about producing vs. writing, demos, Nashville opportunities and more.

MUSICAL NOTES -COUNTRY DEMOS-WHAT THEY LOOK FOR IN NASHVILLE 12
Writer/arranger/producer and super country guitarist, Will Ray, provides some valuable advice on producing pro-quality country demos.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING -WHAT’S CHANGING IN COUNTRY MUSIC? 15
David Cat Cohen observes what changes have and haven’t taken place in the stuctures and subject matter of country hits.

SPOTLIGHT -ALL MY SONGS ARE JUST FLOATING AROUND IN SPACE 16
In this excerpt from Cliffie Stone’s new book, he gives us some seasoned insight into writing a country lyric and what makes country country.

UPBEAT -CALIFORNIA COUNTRY
The increasing international popularity of country music gives increased momentum to an always active and vital West Coast country scene. Dan Kimpel gives us an overview.

LASS MEMBER NEWS – NOTEWORTHY – MUSICAL CHAIRS 4
News about classes, biz events, where your favorite publishers and a&r reps are this month and good stuff about our members and Pickups.

WEEKLY SHOWCASE SCHEDULE 13
Cassette RouletteTM (publisher song critiques), Pitch-A-Thon1M (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

JULY 1992 SONGWRITERS MUSEPAPER 3

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 3 – March 1991 – Interview: Alan Silvestri

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INTERVIEW – ALAN SILVESTRI 7
The man behind the music for The Abyss, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back To The Future and many other blockbusters gives us a close look at the inner game of film scoring.

UPBEAT – VIDEO VIEW 11
Dan Kimpel reviews a pair of video tapes designed to help you examine the innards of the music industry. PERSONAL

PERSPECTIVES – DAT IS NOT THE VCR 12
The Songwriters Guild’s George Wurzbach makes a strong argument against the electronics industry’s claim that DAT home taping will help the music industry.

THE INCREASING VALUE OF FILM AND TELEVISION COPYRIGHTS PART 1 – THE SONG
Industry veterans Jeffrey and Todd Brabec show us the dollar & cents breakdowns of several royalty sources from film songs and scores.

THE ART OF THE SINGER: READY, SET, PERFORM
Writer/performer/teacher Lis Lewis points out to singers the importance of developing their own “getting ready” rituals.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE -PRINT PUBLISHING STEPS INTO THE FUTURE 19
One of the highlights of the NAMM show for John Braheny was the introduction of MusicWriter Inc.’s NoteStation, heralding a revolution in print publishing.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING -PROSODY – SAYING IT ALL IN ONE VOICE 20
Cat Cohen gives us a lesson on achieving prosody, the marriage of lyric and music.

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 13
Cassette Roulette’`’ (publisher song critiques) and Pitch-A-ThonTM (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

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

Previously in Songwriters Musepaper:

• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 4 – April 1990 – Interview: Michael Jay
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1990 – Songwriters Expo 14 – Interview: Glen Ballard
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1991 – Interview: Dewayne Blackwell
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 9 –  September 1992 – Songwriters Expo 16 – Interview: Jennifer Warnes
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 10 – October 1993 – Cover: Charles John Quarto and Pete Wasner
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 8 – August 1993 – Cover: Interview: Janis Ian
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1992 – Cover: Interview: John Trudell