Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 2 – February 1993 – Interview: Michael Omartian

Songwriters Musepaper – Volume 8 Issue 2 – February 1993 – Interview: Michael Omartian

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Table of Contents

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FEATURES

INTERVIEW –

MICHAEL OMARTIAN…………………………………………………………………….. 7

Songwriter/producer still “Sailing” in the ’90s. Scotty Dugan explores the creative process and history of this multi-faceted artist.

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING –

VERSATILITY IN SONGWRITING-PART 1 ………………………………………. 11

David Cat Cohen tries his best to blast us out of our “same old same old” patterns with some helpful hints for staying fresh.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE –

PERFECT BACKUP VOCALS………………………………………………………… 12

So you love those big fat background vocal tracks but you have a low budget. Can you still do it? Hank Linderman tells you how.

UPBEAT-

CREATING CUTS………………………………………………………………………… 14

Dan Kimpel offers nine very practical ways to increase your ability to get your songs covered.

PROFILES –

LASS REINTRODUCES LIVE SHOWCASE……………………………………… 15

It’s back by popular demand! John Braheny provides some history on the evolution of LASS and recalls some of the fine songwriters who shared their songs and brought us magical moments. On February 11, LASS LIVE comes to Highland Grounds (see page 2 ad).

MUSICAL NOTES –

SURVIVING RHYME: MEETING THE FAMILY…………………………………… 16

Are you feeling trapped into using clichés by perfect rhyme?

Pat Pattison shows you how to escape with a simple formula that quadruples your options.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES –

WHEN BAD GIGS HAPPEN TO GOOD MUSICIANS………………………….. 19

Lis Lewis has some good advice to help you deal with those inevitable nightmare gigs.

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-Thon” (producers and record company reps looking for songs and acts).

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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