NEWS



The social media universe in 2020Guitars are selling better than ever during the pandemic



GUEST



Songwriter/educator Andrea Stolpe







Andrea Stolpe has written songs for Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, Daniel Lee Martin, Jimmy Wayne, and others. Sheâ s also worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing.



Andrea teaches songwriting at the University of Californiaâ s Thornton School of Music, and is the author and instructor of Berklee College of Musicâ s online course â Commercial Songwriting Techniques.â



Her book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, offers songwriters a practical approach to lyric writing according to each writerâ s unique voice, and the ability to finish songs with greater ease and consistency. She also offers songwriting retreats both online and in person.



During the interview we talked about what it means to be a staff writer, the songwriter as producer, if lyrics or music should come first, placeholder lyrics, and much more.



On the intro Iâ ll take a look at the social media universe in 2020 and guitar sales peaking during the pandemic.






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