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Sat March 2, 2013 at 3:53 AM
I finished February Album Writing Month with 20 new songs. You can find them here on my site or I’m @ductapeguy at the FAWM website. I was not alone. 410 of 2267 registered writers completed 14 or more songs with 1 person writing 125 new songs. All in all, over 9000 songs were written as part of [...]
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Mon February 18, 2013 at 11:13 PM
I have enjoyed sharing my journey as I joined February Album Writing Month and attempted to write 14 songs in 28 days. On February 16, I posted my 14th song. I am going to continue throughout February, but I am a little astounded that I could write that consistently and quickly. Let me share what [...]
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Sun February 10, 2013 at 6:12 AM
Tom Slatter is a London, UK based songwriter and podcaster. He produces the Songwright blog. He was a guest on the For the Sake of the Song in 2008. On January 31, he posted that he was participating in February Album Writing Month, taking on the challenge to write 14 songs in the 28 days of February. I [...]
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Sat January 19, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Corin Raymond has been one of my most frequent guests on For the Sake of the Song, appearing as a solo singer-songwriter, as 1/2 of the Undesirables and with his frequent touring partner, Jonathan Byrd. About 18 months ago, Corin co-wrote a silly country song with Rob Vaarmeyer from Winnepeg which features Canadian Tire [...]
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Tue November 1, 2011 at 12:22 AM
It was a great surprise to see Steve Seskin on the bill at the Canmore Folk Festival. Steve Seskin is the kind of songwriter who has all the other songwriters running across the grounds to see him perform at a festival. During a career lasting 40 years, he has become known as a folk songwriter who [...]
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Thu September 1, 2011 at 6:20 PM
By the time this is released, the 2011 Mariposa Folk Festival will have passed. This is the last of my interviews recorded at the 2010 edition of Mariposa. I have known Blaise Alleyne for several years, mostly through social media. Blaise is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, Catholic, and programmer from Toronto. He is deeply interested in [...]
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Wed August 17, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Last month my family attended the Canmore Folk Festival. While we were there I spent alot of time with my friend Rhea March who founded U22 productions. U22 is a non profit organization dedicated to nurturing and developing the talents of Albertan performers under the age of 22. On Friday July 29, The Communitea Cafe [...]
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Sat February 19, 2011 at 8:42 AM
This is the third and final For the Sake of the Song episode recorded at the Ottawa Folk Festival last August. Lukas Grant is a young Ottawa area singer-songwriter who is working on his debut album. Watch for him at LukasGrant.com. Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey) Here I Go Now © Lukas Grant [...]
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Sun October 24, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Kim Wempe is a Halifax based singer-songwriter, who grew up in Saskatchewan. She won the 2010 East Coast Music Association Rising Star Award. She has just released her new album, Painting with Tides. Ian Foster is a musician and writer living in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was a finalist for the International Songwriting Competition, 5-time [...]
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Sun February 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Carlos Del Junco is one of Canada’s premiere blues and Jazz harmonica players. He has won the Harmonica Player of the Year – in the Canadian Maple Blues Award seven times, and he was been nominated for a Juno award in 1998. He came to Midland in May as part of Stellula Music in [...]
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