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Hello. My name is Len Latimer, and I founded Songwriter Magazine, publishing the first issue in October, 1975. These candid and frank interviews with many of the world’s top songwriters, music publishers and record producers, are classic stories of huge successes in the music business. Writers from Jimmy Webb to Sammy Cahn... from Irving Berlin to Burt Bacharach ... from Felice & Boudleaux Bryant to Jim Weatherly, were happy to share their views and insights because they wanted to help songwriters like you. They wanted to help you get started and learn from their mistakes and sucesses.

Much of the technology in the music business has changed over the last 25 years, such as using CD’s instead of cassettes, but the principles and underlying business concepts, along with the the music and lyrical craft you will learn in these interviews, are priceless. Some of the writers, such as John Lennon, Sammy Cahn, Frank Zappa, Hoyt Axton, Harry Warren and Henry Mancinni, are sadly, no longer with us, while others, such as The Doobie Brothers’ Michael Mcdonald, Barry Manilow and Burt Bacharach are still making music and are as popular now as they were at the time of their original interviews. In many cases, our interviews are the only interviews that exists and will ever exist for these extrodinary songwriters. You simply must read these stories ... and learn the art and craft from these classic songwriting masters.

I and my writers asked the questions you would ask if you were there. We, like you, are their fans and wanted to know all the details of how they went about writing, how they got started, how they overcame and stood up to negative responses to their songs, how they found their music industry contacts and how they got started. We asked questions llike how they work every day and keep it together, where they get their ideas, how they deal with friends and family that think they're crazy, whether they moved to a music center or made it in the town they grew up it, how the retained their art, and how they felt about becoming rich and famous including how that effected their writing. Wheeew!... we wore them out, but it was all worth it. You have to read and study these ebook back issues!

Many of our interviews lasted an entire day or more, so you’ll find some in-depth information. For example, our interview with Paul Anka, started at an L.A. studio, listening to Paul recording a new album. He then limoed us to a small airport and wisked us away to Vegas on his private Lear Jet. (It's fun flying to Vegas with Paul Anka). Paul even put us up for the night so we could continue interviewing him the next day. We received invaluable information you simply have to read.

Bottom line is, the “Songwriter Magazine Interviews” are exhausted, in-depth interviews you’ve never experienced before. Nothing like them has ever existed before or since. These classic issues converted to PDF eBooks, are “must reading” whether you are an aspiring songwriter or a jaded, seasoned pro. Do yourself a favor and read then ! You’ll laugh – be inspired – cry- and applaud as these writers tell you how they overcame the difficulty of making it as a songwriter. You'll learn the “inside” secrets about the music business, the art, and craft of songwriting – from some of the giant songwriters who ever made it in the business!

I'm initially releasing these 12 selective issues, and if the feedback is positive, I'll be adding more that 40 issues over the next few months. So, be sure to sign up for the free news and tips newsletter, and I'll let you know when they1 are released. Email me and let us know if we should release the other issues such as John Lennon, Henry Mancinni, Marvin Hamlish, Tom T Hall, Gordon Lightfoot, Carole Bayer Sayer, David Gates, etc. (Email us at SongwriterMagazine@lynxmedia.com )

Like most creators who value their copyrights, these issues are secured by scanning them into PDF formats and then locking them by a Digital Rights Mangement (DRM) company named Virtual Vault. That means if your purchase one of my eBooks, you'll be asked to create a password, and then be able to download a EXE file of the entire issue(s) you purchased. The password you create will work also for any additional issues you buy, but you will not be able to share your issue(s) with a friend. As a songwriter, I believe you will appreciate and respect my desire to secure my copyrights. These eBooks, I'm sorry to say, are not viewable on MACS as of this time. I am looking for a solution, so if you use a MAC, please subscribe to my eMagazine to receive our news and update, since I hope to find a solution to securing MACS.