While cruising the Internet, looking for resources that may be of interest to lyricists, I stumbled upon an active songwriting forum with many offerings. Members of the forum offer critiques on lyrics, songwriting tips and a chance to collaborate with others who are also looking to partner up. Of particular interest to me is the [...]

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The right to free speech in a high school setting does not include the right to threaten violence against another. This is according to officials who arrested six teens in Loveland, Colorado for posting threatening rap lyrics on their MySpace.com website. As one group tried to let their fists and lyrics do the talking, the [...]

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Last night, Melissa Etheridge gave the Academy a jolt by winning for Best Original Song with her hit “I Need To Wake Up” from the movie An Inconvenient Truth. With as green as the Oscars were last night, the only thing missing was Helen Mirren from The Queen rolling up to the red carpet in [...]

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I realize that this is a music lyrics blog, but I just have to comment about last night’s American Idol episode. By now, contestants should know not to try to one-up the music industry icons such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Maria Carey, Stevie Wonder or Aretha Franklin. When they do, however, Simon Cowell is [...]

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VH1’s White Rapper Show, hosted by a cat named Ego Trip, heads to its finale on Monday, February 26 at 10 pm EST. I say this only because I became hooked on the last couple of episodes and its worth checking out to see which of the emcees, John Brown or $hamrock takes home the [...]

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