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Songwriting

Record Details

Artist
Michael Peter Smith
Release
2018
Songwriting album cover

Record Tracklist

  1. Making Up Songs -:-- / 2:30

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Michael talks…
Part Master class. Part musical memoir.
All Michael!  The long awaited recording!

Singer/songwriter Michael P. Smith reveals the inner workings of his songwriting process, tells stories: from first song and first guitar, to the inspiration for (and secret source) of his best known song The Dutchman, and performs this, and other songs, with distinctive Smithesque style. This winning recording offers a glimpse of this singular artist’s musical landscape, confirming why he remains a master in the American folk lexicon, revered the world over.


Making Up Songs

“When I hear a songwriter taking up valuable airspace but not singing, what I’ll settle for getting from him is some indication of his working methods, maybe new ways to look at songwriting. I want to know if this songwriter is doing something I’m not, hey, I can always use the info. When songwriters talk about the occupation, the job, everybody’s different yet everyone’s the same. The unique part is how it’s verbalized. But the path is always the same.  I followed this path that songwriters follow. Way before I started trying to play the guitar…” –Michael Peter Smith

Written and performed by Michael Smith
Recorded in the Levin Studio at WFMT 98.7 FM
By Eric Arunas/Produced by Rich Warren
CD and promotional design by Nia O’Reilly Amandes
© 2018 Michael P. Smith, ASCAP Bird Ave Publishing
Produced by Jamie O’Reilly, J. O’Reilly Productions

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