Fit to Print: thanks to the good people at @music_connection for excerpting a lesson (and song prompt) I’ve seen help so many former students over the years. Features my conversation with Kiss lead singer @paulstanleylive , which childhood-me would never have believed.
Fit to Print: thanks to the good people at @music_connection for excerpting a lesson (and song prompt) I’ve seen help so many former students over the years. Features my conversation with Kiss lead singer @paulstanleylive , which childhood-me would never have believed.
It’s so great when you get on a roll w someone. This was really fun. Thanks @heyhumanpodcast : “Mike Errico is a recording artist, educator (teaching songwriting at Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), journalist, and author. His book; “Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter,“ is in its second printing. He was recently on the show Billions, and has had numerous song placements in film and tv. We discuss the importance of threes, the movie Contact, the “X” factor, and more!”
It’s so great when you get on a roll w someone. This was really fun. Thanks @heyhumanpodcast : “Mike Errico is a recording artist, educator (teaching songwriting at Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), journalist, and author. His book; “Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter,“ is in its second printing. He was recently on the show Billions, and has had numerous song placements in film and tv. We discuss the importance of threes, the movie Contact, the “X” factor, and more!”
New podcast: Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight. Being on a podcast is a little like being drunk, and a little like songwriting—you start saying stuff to see what it sounds like and where it leads, and you hope it’s somewhere new and weird, and a lot of times it is. If you have a fun collaborator, like Dan, your chances increase dramatically.
I’ll be live and taking phone calls on “All of It with Alison Stewart” (@allofitwnyc), so if you have (easy) questions or (awesome) comments about “Music, Lyrics, and Life,” or if you just want to say hi in front of the NPR audience, tune in and join us!
I’ll be live and taking phone calls on “All of It with Alison Stewart” (@allofitwnyc), so if you have (easy) questions or (awesome) comments about “Music, Lyrics, and Life,” or if you just want to say hi in front of the NPR audience, tune in and join us!
Thursday, March 3rd, at noon ET, I’ll be live and taking phone calls on “All of It with Alison Stewart” - please don’t prank me (unless it’s hilarious):
While researching my book, “Music, Lyrics, and Life,” I met with an A&R rep from a major label and asked what they react to when they’re being pitched songs. Is it a wild, eye-catching subject line in an email? 100,000 Instagram followers? An unmarked box with a Rolex and a download code dangling from the wristband? Well, no.
Instead of getting standard (or joke) advice, I got these gems, which I was only allowed to include in my book on the condition of anonymity. I teach them in my classes, and I’m offering them to you in hopes that they’ll get you the kind of honest, focused listen your songs deserve.