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The Peaches: Todd's Irving Berlin Page
If you're interested in the lyrics of Irving Berlin's songs, then you may want to check this personal site out. Just click on the song title and find the lyrics as well as when, where, and why it was composed.
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How Anyone Can Write Better Lyrics
If you like to write lyrics or poems then you will want to look at this site. It gives good advice on how to improve your writing and suggests other resources you may want to invest in.
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Verse Development
You have written some lyrics to a song, but are they any any good? Do they capture the listener? This column offers great advice about how to develop your verses to keep them interesting. Through analysis of other lyrics the author will...
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Jingle Course
Contains a lesson on how to write good, successful jingles for fun or for a career.
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Guide to Writing Lyrics
A complete guide to writing lyrics for songs and jingles. Provides good advice and insight in the art of writing lyrics.
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Structural Chord Progressions
When composing music, it is good to be sure you have the right set of chords surrounding your melody. This column provides a brief overview on how to begin to think of chord structures for your songs.
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Compositional Inspiration
Without going into specifics, this article provides general ideas on how to begin writing your own music. A few of the ideas discussed are recording yourself playing around, learn a new scale or pattern, and apply some new music theory...
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Writing Guitar Licks
You have just written a cool guitar lick and you want to play it in your favorite song, however, it just doesn't sound good in the song. This article explains how you can break down your lick into the key components and refine it to suit...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bo Diddley
Life and musical career of the influential Bo Diddley.
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Stephen Collins Foster
This website provides a biographical sketch of songwriter Stephen Foster. It has many music files and lyrics to nearly all of the songs Foster wrote during his career.
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[Robbie Robertson, 2001]
Robbie Robertson, the "son of a Jewish father and Mohawk mother," has worked with music and film greats such as Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese, and Jodie Foster. Read this brief article to introduce yourself to this "premier...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William J. Florence
William Jermyn Conlin (July 26, 1831, Albany, N.Y. - Nov. 19, 1891, PA), better known by his stage name William J. Florence, was a U.S. actor, songwriter, and popular playwright. He was one of the most popular actors of his day. Florence...
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Stephen Foster
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Stephen Foster, American music composer, who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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Parlor Songs: Irving Berlin and His Piano: Photograph
Photograph of Irving Berlin at his piano.
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