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From Capital News – May
Writing Great Songs The “P” word Over the years that I have been writing this column the most commonly asked questions have revolved around either “how do I stop people from stealing my ideas?” or “how do I make sure that I’m not accidently using someone else’s tune?”. If you deliberately steal someone’s ideas [...]
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From Capital News April
Writing Great Songs Getting Started This month’s column is in response to the most asked question in songwriting … “Where do you get all your ideas?” “The most difficult thing about writing songs has always been actually getting started. There are always lots of reasons for not writing … too much work, not enough [...]
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PRESS RELEASE
Taking Country To A Younger Market On the 9th of March 2012, two big things happened to Allan Caswell. He turned 60 and released his first children’s album “Just Kidding”. Not that he is new to children’s music. During the 90s he co wrote and co produced a whole series of hugely successful children’s albums [...]
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From Capital News – February
How Ageism And Fashion Can Limit You As A Writer Ok guys … it’s the grumpy old man again. A lot of what I say here will be seen as “old school” … but is important. Growing as a songwriting involves listening … not just to “what’s happening” but where it came from. You can’t [...]
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FROM CAPITAL NEWS – JANUARY
Manners And Etiquette I have written a number of columns recently that I thought were contentious and, surprisingly, the response has been very positive, which has probably lured me into a false sense of security. This column may sound to you like the musings of a grumpy old man … but I assure you that [...]
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CASWELL AND DRUMMOND’S LAST CHANCE TO PLAY THE CLARENDON BEFORE THEY TURN 60
Age has a way of creeping up on us all, often faster that it used to, and now, two of the Blue Mountains’ Finest Singer-Songwriters, Pat Drummond and Allan Caswell, find themselves looking down the barrel of their Seniors Cards. In March/April this year both will turn 60 years of age. “I keep driving into [...]
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FROM CAPITAL NEWS – DECEMBER
Making It Real I love songs, I love well-crafted songs with great hooks but, most of all, I love songs that feel like they are talking directly to me. Song writing is an art and its main aim, like all art is to touch people. In this month’s column, I will try to give you [...]
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Allan Caswell, the new ambassador for Winnebago RV Club
Allan Caswell, the six time Golden Guitar winner at the Tamworth Country Music Festival is planning on taking to the country by Eyre when he launches his next tour in his very own Winnebago Eyre. “it was the stylish good looks of the Eyre together with the huge amount of storage space at the rear [...]
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Songwriting Workshops In The Blue Mountains
I will be running 2 songwriting workshops on the 9th and 10th of January for children 11 to 15 and on the 11th and 12th for people 16 up to adults. They will both be held at the Clarendon Guesthouse in Katoomba
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FROM CAPITAL NEWS – NOVEMBER
Theft I touched on this, rather unpleasant, subject in a recent column and had a number of requests for more information … so here goes. In terms of actually making money out of your songs in Australia (particularly in country music), the opportunities are few and far between. This isn’t helped when the artists who [...]
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