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Starpulse Asks: Where Have All the Songwriters Gone?

October 26th, 2007 3:49pm EDT Post a comment

Pop tunesmiths are a baker's dozen. After the late-90s surge of uber song doctors such as Desmond Child and Diane Warren (known for that Titanic song), Justin Timberlake found his "SexyBack" and his own writing voice following years of whistling Max Martin dixie.

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Fri Oct 26 2007 19:53:10 By: Cartman (

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Great article, but what about other female singer/songwriters like Nellie McKay and Jolie Holland?

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Fri Oct 26 2007 19:58:27 By: Squints (

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Well written. Good job, Joey. I'm sure this could be a continuing series!

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Fri Oct 26 2007 19:59:03 By: Cartman (

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Also, Regina Spektor.

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Fri Oct 26 2007 20:03:02 By: Cartman (

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And as for males, ANDREW BIRD! (who is positively amazing!)

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Fri Oct 26 2007 20:03:26 By: OrlandoLuver (

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I like Regina Spektor.

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Fri Oct 26 2007 20:38:07 By: Anji (

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I like Regina Spektor as well! My good friend saw her at Austin City Limits Music Festival last month and has raved about it ever since.
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Also, I agree - this could be a good "series" of articles.

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Sat Oct 27 2007 04:30:41 By: Keith Whitener (

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Personally, I don't think that just because someone doesn't write their own songs that we shouldn't listen to them. Should we not listen to Frank Sinatra or Meatloaf? Is Thriller no longer a good song because it wasn't penned by Jackson? And there's plenty of awful artists who write their own songs as well.
Also, I was under the impression that bedroom pop was music made in one's own bedroom, like The Russian Futurists, which is literally one guy from Canada recording great pop songs in his own bedroom.
Lastly, there's still plenty of chart toppers who write their own songs, such as Bruce Springstein, System of a Down, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Sat Oct 27 2007 10:18:08 By: Rockonlindsayspears (

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i think all the songwriterz r in happy land eating a rainbow cloud and a wittle cherry on top and pwain mary go round therosey bush and coloring with a pink cwayon! ok cut the crap! there still here!

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Mon Oct 29 2007 16:32:11 By: Alter-Ego (

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Songs are all written by computer now, don't you know that?
You enter a few criteria into a form, press enter and then it spits out a song.
-Type of Music _____
-Speed of song (slow, med, fast) _____
-If love song enter city male is from _____; city female is from _____
-If anger song enter type of self-mutilation preferred: _____
-If hippie song enter number of soldiers currently lost in Iraq war_____
-If teenager song enter three words that describe how you felt when your gf/bf dumped you _____
If country song enter type of truck you own (Ford, Chevy, Dodge) _____
If country song enter type of dog you own _____, and his name_____

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Mon Oct 29 2007 18:24:46 By: cheekbrown (

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That's a scary thought: a computer that can write a song. When computers start expressing emotions, look out!

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Mon Oct 29 2007 20:20:36 By: xAngiex (

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Anna Nalick and Natasha Bedingfield are great song writers. Delta Goodrem is also an amazing song writer, but she's only released in Australia so not many people here know who she is.

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Tue Oct 30 2007 01:59:23 By: Britneysucks (

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Well written article, and a very good point.
Clocked it again, Alter - nice comment!

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Mon Aug 25 2008 00:01:45 By: bloggererno (

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I was working at the craft for a good many years, here are some of my songs: santa.net/john-salerno-songs And I have been fortunate enough to run into some success. I have worked with great people in the industry, and I have gotten airplay on college radio in the USA, Japan Commercial Radio, Australia. It is too easy to grow tired of the uphill grind!

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