When I began this blog back in November ‘09, I never would have guessed that any of the songwriting articles in my archives would garner links from music industry giants. I underestimated how plugged-in they are—Robin Frederick seems to have known about my website even before Google did.

I also never could have foreseen the excellent contributions made by guest writers like Matt Blick and Maria Rainier.

So who has visited, and which articles did they pick? Read on to find out.

Robin Frederick

“I’ve been writing songs all my life, a couple hundred of them have aired on TV shows, and dozens have appeared on albums, stage, and a wide variety of audio products. As Director of A&R at Rhino Records, I oversaw the production of more than 60 albums as Executive Producer. Currently, I head the A&R Team at TAXI, the world’s leading independent A&R company, offering songwriting advice to TAXI’s 11,000 members.”

-Robin’s Website

Robin’s articles about songwriting are formed around a solid core of respect for the content of songs, and how good craft can enhance that content. Ask Google “How to write a song” and you’ll find Robin’s name right there. Make sure you visit her website and check out some of her songwriting advice!

Robin Linked to:

• Tom Waits on Songwriting: Beautiful Melodies Telling You Terrible Things
• Sensory Songwriting, part 2: Shocking Life into Frankenstein’s Monster
• 9 Simple Object Writing Tweaks

Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman is a vocal coach, creator of pro vocal training method “Power, Path & Performance”, an award-winning recording artist, stage and television performer, multi-genre hit songwriter with song catalogs at BMG, Universal, Warner Music, Chrysalis Music and Favorable Wind Songs, a top session singer, and a very active studio producer and vocal consultant.

-Judy’s website

Judy’s had number one hits as a performer and a songwriter. She’s a great vocalist and vocal coach, and she’s got an excellent blog on her website that you should check out—Judy’s very perceptive, realistic, and forward-thinking about what form the music industry will take next.

Judy Stumbled:

• Lyric Writing Exercises: a 5-Day Workshop

Chris R. of the D.I.Y. Musician Blog at CDBaby

About CDBaby:

• Began as a garage startup in 1997
• Now the world’s biggest online distributor of indie music
• $160 million paid to artists (and growing every Monday)
• 1.6 million customers
• Almost 300,000 independent albums in stock

-from the DIY Musician Blog

Chris is very active in songwriting and marketing blogs, and he always has something insightful to offer. There are few better resources for bootstrapping, entrepreneurial musicians than the DIY Musician Blog, and thanks to the efforts of Matt Blick, Matt’s “What I Learned About Songwriting from a Crazy Guy in Liverpool” made it into the CDBaby blog!

Chris R. Reposted:

• What I Learned About Songwriting From a Crazy Guy in Liverpool