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This kind of thing is ALWAYS going in my head.

You know what’s been bugging me the last day or so? The opening lines to “The Way You Love Me” by Keith Follese & Michael Dulaney: If I could grant You one wish I’d wish you could see the way

Kate ONeill October 4, 2009 Song Reviews, The Craft No Comments Read more

The 100 Biggest Top 100 Hits

From Mi2N, the Music Industry News Network comes this release. Wondering how it was determined? The list was compiled by Cashbox chart archivist Randy Price using a progressive inverse point system applied to the positions each record held on the

Kate ONeill October 7, 2008 Music Appreciation, Song Reviews 1 Comment Read more

Thanks, Josh Ritter, for getting me ready for Monday

Monday is the anniversary of my dad’s death, again. It was a reflective time for me last year and it’s looking like it will be the same this year. I can tell because last night we went to see Josh

Kate ONeill November 3, 2007February 6, 2015 Dad, Grief, Music Appreciation, Out & About, Song Reviews, Songwriting 5 Comments Read more

Purity vs. technique in songwriting

Mark at This Guy Falls Down has some musings on songwriting and his “songwriting hacks” series (which can be found by riffling through the Creative Process category on his blog archives). I just don’t think participating in the creative process

Kate ONeill October 18, 2006 Creativity & Inspiration, Music Appreciation, Song Reviews, The Craft, Writing Songs 7 Comments Read more

Prosody and God’s Will

Something about that Martina McBride song “God’s Will” (written by Tom Douglas and Barry Dean) gives me chills, but it’s not the lyrics, interestingly enough. I find the lyrical story a bit of a turnoff, actually, since I’m not a

Kate ONeill January 2, 2005 Music Appreciation, Song Reviews, Writing Songs 2 Comments Read more

Lighten up!

How very amusing. I was trying to find information on when The Mattoid will be playing anywhere in town next, and I stumbled across this review of the “Hello” CD, which starts with the heading “Definitely Not Lionel Richie” and

Kate ONeill November 24, 2004 Song Reviews, Songwriters & Musicians 2 Comments Read more

Lessons in great songwriting

“Everybody always laughs at love but what they want is to be proven wrong” – Allen/Hall/Oates, “Did It in a Minute” It isn’t just that this is a great lyric (though I certainly think it is). It’s the way they

Kate ONeill July 24, 2004February 5, 2015 Introspection, Karsten, Music Appreciation, Song Reviews, The Craft, Writing Songs No Comments Read more

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