Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 1 – January 1993 – Interview: Jon Ims

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 9 Issue 4 – April 1994 – Interview: Ben Margulies

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VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1, JANUARY 1993

CONTENTS

FEATURES

INTERVIEW – JON IMS…………………………………………………………………. 7

Our man in Nashville, Larry McClain, interviews one of the hottest

writers in country with Trisha’s “She’s In Love With The Boy”

and Reba’s “Falling Out Of Love” topping last year’s hit list.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE –

SAMPLE PEEVES TRANSFORMED

TO CREATIVE EASE BY ROLAND’S NEW JV-880………………………….. 10

Hank Linderman sets out to solve a common problem and erase a

few pet peeves and finds an inspiring solution from the folks at Roland.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING –

A SONGWRITER’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS…………………………… 11

David Cat Cohen gives us all an affirmation and list of resolutions

that double as a checklist of how to successfully write and pitch songs.

SALUTE TO SONGWRITERS IS A SOLID HIT………………………………… 12

Len Chandler reviews a night of stellar songs as NAS pays tribute

to Stevie Wonder.

UPBEAT – THE MOTIVATING FORCE……………………………………………. 14

Dan Kimpel offers some practical motivational tools to help you

actually do something with that resolution to be a more productive

writer this year.

THE NEW $50,000 RULE:

MORE MONEY FOR LESS OPPORTUNITY    15 Industry consultant Thomas A. White discusses new legislation

which could present major problems for the industry.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES –

DO WE KNOW WHERE WE’RE COMING FROM?…………………………….. 16

Harriet Schock gets downright ornery when she deals with songwriters

who have no musical roots or respect for the genius of their predecessors.

MUSICAL NOTES –

THERE ARE NO WRONG NOTES,

JUST A WRONG PLACE TO PUT THEM………………………………………… 17

More time tested and practical music theory from Terry Janow,

COPYRIGHT UPDATE………………………………………………………………… 18

John Braheny informs us about some of the latest changes in

copyright laws that effect all writers.

KNOW YOUR ROOTS…………………………………………………………………. 20

Ronny Schiff gives us a little history lesson from the early days of

pop music with an inside look at the creation of Ian Whitcomb’s

1965 hit, You Turn Me On.”

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).

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 9 Issue 4 – April 1994 – Interview: Ben Margulies
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 7 Issue 12 – December 1992 – Interview: Holly Near
• Songwriter Musepaper – Volume 9 Issue 9 – September 1994 – Interview: Jeff Buckley
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 9 Issue 6 – June 1994 – Interview: Richard Thompson
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 7 – July 1995 – Interview: Eddie Money
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 8 – August 1995 – Interview: Hami
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 11 Issue 9 – September 1996 – Interview: Donnie Fritts
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 8 – August 1991 – Interview: Paul Overstreet
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 9 – September 1991 – Interview: Oleta Adams
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 2 – February 1991 – Interview: Mary Chapin-Carpenter
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 9 Issue 10 – October 1994 – Interview: Paula Cole
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 10 – October 1995 – Songwriters Expo 18
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 6 Issue 4 – April 1991 – Interview: Dean Pitchford
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 10 Issue 1 – January 1995 – Interview: Stephanie Davis
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 12 Issue 1 – January 1997 – Interview: Skip Ewing
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 3 Issue 11 – October-November 1988 – Interview: Jules Shear
• Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 4 Issue 5 – May 1989 – Interview: Lyle Lovett
• 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