Yahoo Music & Gracenote are now offering not only songs but the accompanying music lyrics each time a song is purchased and downloaded. This service is also free. The new service by Yahoo Music and Gracenote mean that customers now can get lyrics that are legal, licensed and accurate, according to the publishers. Gracenote is [...]

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According to the Associated Press, a Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love, brother Rodney Jean-Jacques, who goes by the name Cal Akbar may get fired from the Fire Department for some anti-police lyrics he has written. Cal Akbar apparently wants to turn “pigs into bacon bits” and the firefighting higher ups are reeling as the Philadelphia [...]

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There’s an article in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel by Celia Rivenbark called “I Love Bad Lyrics Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake” that I would like to talk about today. Ms. Rivenbark makes some very good and insightful points, most of which I wholeheartedly agree with, for sure. For instance, Ms. Rivenbark bags on [...]

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In a reversal of fortune for songwriters from a week ago, the American Idol Songwriter Competition is now back on. Just last week, producers were reporting that due to overwhelming demands of the show’s regular responsibilities, the American Idol Songwriter Competition would be nixed. The winning songwriter will have their song performed on the finale [...]

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An article in The Columbian online newspaper out of Vancouver, Washington tells the tale of a teacher who used to be a lyric writer who uses some of his old lyrics to teach high school kids about writing. Apparently, teacher Randy Cate used to write lyrics for Ted Nugent, Dionne Warwick and others. Mr. Cate [...]

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