the AMP— POSTED Issue 52

Here's to a year of the AMP Posted. Yay! And... Here's What's Been In Your .comUnity Group this Week.

"All is fair in love and songwriting."
— Norah Jones

Here's the list of posts in your New Music Lives™ Facebook .ComUnity this week.

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• Why You Think New Music Sucks from meandtimory on substack .com— Sure, it could be the music itself... but could it also be nostalgia, or choice overload, or uncertainty about where to find good new music?

• 5 Songs Every Aspiring Songwriter Must Learn from americansongwriter .com— There's a mystery to writing songs. Where do they come from? This isn’t to remove the magic from music, but songs usually come from other songs. If you want to be ready when inspiration strikes, it’s handy to have your tools sharpened. 

• Your chance to work directly with Taylor Swift's former manager from ReverbNation Blog— Learn how to turn listeners into lifelong fans in this live workshop hosted by ReverbNation and Rick Barker.

• Dolly Parton Announces Multi-Million Dollar Donation to Hurricane Relief Efforts. from americansongwriter .com—  "These Are My People." During a press conference earlier today, Dolly Parton announced a large and generous donation to relief efforts with more to come.

• NML Member Johnny J Blair: Singer at Large Music Page. SONG OF THE WEEK: Love That’s Here to Stay—This song came to me as I was taking a break from a cruise ship gig, disembarking on the Caribbean Island of Eleuthera. I ventured away from the tourist-y area to walk on a long, quiet highway...

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• See the Most-Played Country Song From the Year You Were Born from tasteofcountry .com— This is fun! What song was the most played country song during the year you were born?

• NML Member Alan Garmonsway Responding to our post about protest songs... 

• SongTown Cares Charity - Songwriting Community/Coaching from songtown .com— Join SongTown for 1-month for $5 and all proceeds go to charity! 80% off and no obligation to continue.

• Has social media pushed fandom to a point of no return? from newstatesman .com— It used to be people would respect your personal space – now, it’s all a bit sinister.

• ’Forever Country’ A Reason To Smile from steady on substack .com— Thirty of the most popular country artists got together a few years back to record a song and make a music video to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association Awards.

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