The Bee Gees Interview (How Deep is Your Love, Stayin' Alive, Jive Talking), Interview with Warner Brothers Music President, Ed Silvers."Psychological and Emotional Impact of Words", "What the Fledgling Songwriter should look for in a recording contract, Nashville's Clarence Selman-"All Wirters Learn from other Writers", Composition-"The Diminished Seventh Chord".

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach interview (What the World Needs Now, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, That's What Friends Are For). Songwriter pilgrimages to Nashville and Los Angeles, "Los Angeles - I've Possibly Made an Important Contact", Tips on making your Pilgrimage a Sucess. Anatomy of a Hit "Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Songwriter's Read Poll, Tom Paxton, Learning Pop Piano.

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Jim Weatherly

Premier issue of Songwriter Magazine. interview: Jim Weatherly (Midnight Train to Georgia, Nether One Of Us, You're the Best Thing that ever Happend to Me) , Hitmaker Snuff Garrett (Frank Sinatra, Cher, Roy Rogers). Breaking Into the Country Market", an interview with Cliffie Stone. Learn from AGAC's article, "The Song Shark". "You've Got to Start Off Each Day With a Song", "Songwriter Contracts."

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Alan O'day

Interview with Alan O'day (Angie Baby, Rock ‘N Roll Angel, Undercover Angel). Hanging on a Hook by Al Kasha, "The Rhythm of Chords" by Dick Grove, Len Chandler/John Brahaney interview, Ray Evans."What is a Copyright?", "How to Mike", A Record Promotion Forum, "The Rhythm of Chords", Nashville's Ron Peterson - "University of Tennessee"

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Irving Berlin

Interview with ASCAP charter member, Irving Berlin (White Christmas, God Bless America, Easter Parade). Clive Davis interview, "What You Should Know About Chord Voicing", "A Flair for First Lines", Nashville's Dewayne Orender "Two Careers Working Hand In Hand".

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Jimmy Webb

Interview with Jimmy Web (Up, Up and Away, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, McArthur Park). Interview with Motown's Karen Hodge, "Composing From Chord Progressions", "Poetical Terms for the Lyricist", Interview with Nashville keyboard picker, songwriter, producer and record executive, Larry Butler.

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Bobby Goldsboro

Intereview with Bobby Goldsboro (Little Things, See the Funny Looking Clown) and a bonus interview with Harry Warren (Lullaby of Broadway, I Only Have Eyes for You,There Will Never Be Another You). Harland Howard - " Some Thoughts of Creative Inspiration". "What's The Harry Fox Agency?", "Publishing- How Hard to Fight for It", Bernie Wayne- "The Second Time Around"

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ASpecial Report on the Jingle Business, with Tony Asher and Tom Bahler, an L.A. jingle writing team, who explain how they, and the jingle business, work. Songwriter Interview-Steve Karmen, the jingle King (Budweiser, General Tire, Michelob). Warren Zevon - advice of what not to do. Oscar winners Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn analyze the Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive.

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Interview with Sammy Cahn (Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Three Coins in a Fountain, Love and Marriage). "A Reason for Writing" by Petter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), How to Present Your Songs, Buddy Killen, Head of Tree Music, NSA's Dick Glasser, The placement of Melody, "First Stop on the Road to a Record - the Demo".

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Interview: Norman Gimbel (The Girl from Impanema, Killing Me Softly with his Song, Canadian Sunset). How to Start Your Own Publishing Company, AGAC AskaPro- A Lyric Writing Forum with Bobby Weinstein and Norman Dolp, "The Autobiography of a Copyright", NSA's Linda Bolton "Above all Have Patience..."

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Interview with Boudleaux and Felice Bryant (Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have to Do Is Dream, Rocky Top). We aske our distinguished panel about "Common Mistakes Songwriters Make". The panel includes Buddy Killen (President of Tree Music), Chuck Kaye (President Almo Music (A&M)), Thom Bell President Mighty Three Music, Sam Trust (President ATV Music), George Pincus President of George Pincus Music, Terri Fricon (President of Filmways), Bob Montgomery EVP House of Gold, Larry Fogel (Director of April Blackwood), Lester Sill (President Screen Gems) and Herb Eiseman (President 20th Century Music).

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Inteview with Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, On Broadway, Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning). "The World of Song Festivals", "The licensing of Music Publishers" , "Songwrting... Writing Standards", AGAC's Vic Mizzy- "Composing for TV & Movies", Nashville Songwriter's Association "Marijohn Wilkin", Buddy Kaye "The Long Distance Songwriter".

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