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		<title>French singer gets Irish award &#8211; but who wrote the song?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[French singer Michel Sardou was awarded the &#8220;freedom of Connemara&#8221; at a ceremony at the Irish embassy in Paris recently. The award is to thank him for 30 years free advertising for the region thanks to the huge and enduring hit, &#8220;Les lacs du Connemara&#8221; (the lakes of Connemara). Anyone who knows contemporary French culture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/11/french-singer-gets-irish-award-but-who-wrote-the-song/</link>
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		<title>Jesse Abraham Wins Lyricist Of The Year At The UMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that I didn&#8217;t even know the Underground Music Awards had a lyric section, nor did I know hip-hop performer Jesse Abraham. But what the heck: any opportunity to salute a fellow lyricist is a good one! In the past year and a half Abraham has released two mixtapes (Alphabutter and XS) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/09/jesse-abraham-wins-lyricist-of-the-year-at-the-uma/</link>
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		<title>Prince and Stevie Nicks: the track that never was</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t help being struck by the article in Star Tribune about Stevie Nicks, former star of Fleetwood Mac. She has a new solo album out, &#8220;In Your Dreams&#8221;, and in a discussion about the tracks revealed that she had worked with Prince and nearly wrote the lyrics for what became Purple Rain. Who would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/09/prince-and-stevie-nicks-the-track-that-never-was/</link>
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		<title>RIP: Jerry Ragovoy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The death of Jerry Ragovoy seems to have gone unnoticed by the media. This is surprising, given the incredible catalogue of hits he wrote or worked on. &#8220;Time is on My Side&#8221; was an iconic hit for the Rolling Stones. Janis Joplin made a classic out of &#8220;Piece of my Heart&#8221;. Ragovoy was in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/07/rip-jerry-ragovoy/</link>
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		<title>Syria: One voice less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often deplored the death of the protest song. So it was stunning to see how big a role music and chanting is playing in the Arab Spring. Shots of men chanting and punching the air in Arabic all sounded alike to me. The horrific murder of Ibrahim Qashoush, however, puts a face and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/07/syria-one-voice-less/</link>
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		<title>Songwriting: know the business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent broadcast of the BBC&#8217;s &#8220;Secrets of the Pop Song&#8221; featuring Guy Chambers has brought attention back to Ray Heffernan. At the time, he was a very young musician that met Robbie Williams in Dublin and went on to work on the song that became &#8220;Angels&#8221;. He eventually sold his share of the song [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/07/songwriting-know-the-business/</link>
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		<title>Secrets of the Pop Song on BBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, I only came across this programme after the first 15 minutes. But it must be said: &#8220;Secrets of the Pop Song&#8221; is an absolutely amazing songwriting series on the BBC. As the title implies, the idea is to get behind the process of writing pop songs, ie songs that have huge appeal. The first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/07/secrets-of-the-pop-song-on-bbc/</link>
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		<title>Carosel: keep it simple, stupid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carosel - I'm Sorry (Official Video) from carosel on Vimeo. &#160; A friend tipped me off about this band, actually from my neck of the woods in Dublin. I haven&#8217;t seen them live nor know their work. All I can say is that there are times when you stand back and let the songwriting do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/06/carosel-keep-it-simple-stupid/</link>
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		<title>Confessions of an occasional A&amp;R</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I spend a lot of time sending out music demos and tracks to people, I also occasionally have to sit at my desk and receive them. Over the years, I have acted as an occasional A&#38;R person for different projects ranging from Playstation games to niche labels and singers. My latest stint for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/06/confessions-of-an-occasional-ar/</link>
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		<title>How clean is your metadata?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a lyric writer, I&#8217;m not usually terribly interested in legal affairs. They are important, I can recognise that. But it&#8217;s not something that I follow closely. But skimming through the programme of the World Copyright Summit, I was surprised to see how much data is on the agenda. Let&#8217;s face it, data translate into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/05/how-clean-is-your-metadata/</link>
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		<title>Interview on Club97 radio Friday March 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re into the Internet radio scene and dance music, you might want to check Club97 radio, transmitting from New Jersey. It&#8217;s run by Mike Delaney, the former president of the 2 Unlimited fan club in the US, and who has been following the dance, Eurodance, techno and House scene for more years than we&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/03/interview-on-club97-radio-friday-march-25/</link>
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		<title>Blink 182 to auction lyrics in support of Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pop punk maestros Blink 182 have added their names to the list of bands making a contribution to the crisis in Japan. Mark Hoppus is donating a number of items to an online auction. Goodies available include a T-shirt used in a video for &#8220;Dammit&#8221;, used backstage passes and the door sign from their MTV [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a-lyric.com/2011/03/blink-182-to-auction-lyrics-in-support-of-japan/</link>
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