Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 30 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: events, meanings, news, tip
They seem like more innocent days. Here is the British group 10cc with their 1974 hit “Wall Street Shuffle”. And if you’re looking for further proof of the power of a good lyric, 10cc provide it once again.
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 09 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: events, tip
This is a last-minute notice for anyone in Belgium. One of my longest-standing writing partners, Perry Rose, will be doing a special show on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday August 20 in the town of Huy. He has been given a carte blanche to invite a few people on stage with him (and a second night [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: anthems, events, news, politics
There were red faces galore the other night at the Swiss TV channel SRG during the Germany-Austria Euro 2008 match. Someone had the bright idea of subtitling the national anthems. Unfortunately, that someone was using an outdated lyric book, as the German anthem came with the words, “Deutschland, Deutschland Uber alles… (Germany over all)”. Yep, [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 28 May 2008 | Tagged as: events, news
If you’re fast, you can probably catch the music biz chat show that goes out live from the pretty island of Malta. Thursday at 19.30pm GMT (20.30pm Europe) you can watch the latest edition of new music industry TV chat show “Let’s Talk Music”, co-sponsored by SongLink. Hosted by Tony Moore, this week’s show is [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 19 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: events, news
I can’t resist a plug for the TV series “Vermist/Missing”, taken from the film of the same name directed by Jan Verheyen. It will debut on Belgium’s VT4 channel every Tuesday from March 25 at 9.30pm. I wrote the track that plays out over the end, “Waiting”, with the series composer Steve Willaert. It’ll be [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 04 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: events, news
Visitors from Northern Ireland might want to check out the upcoming Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival when US and Irish writers will be hooking up between February 20 ad 24. Nashville’s Don Schlitz will perform several of his 24 #1 hit songs including, “When You Say Nothing At All”, “The Gambler” and “Forever and Ever Amen”. [...]