As a singer-songwriter, I am always looking for new and interesting projects. As an educational researcher, I am always looking for new an interesting projects. It had never occurred to me to bring those worlds together. But, I have recently …
Ladies and Gentlemen, George Michael…Let Us Say Goodbye Before You Go-Go by Scott Anthony Andrews There are songs that every songwriter wishes they had written. There are singers that every vocalist wishes they could sound like. There are singer-songwriters that …
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Lessons Learned from Levitin’s “This is your brain on music: The science of a human obsession” by Scott Anthony Andrews I will admit it. I am late to the party, once again. I just read Levitin’s (2006) “This is your …
Mr. Peter Champagne, Artistic Director of the Regina Jazz Festival, called me yesterday and invited me to gig on Friday Oct 14 at 8pm at 20Ten City Eatery (2010 12 Ave, Regina). The 20Ten is a superb up-scale restaurant with …
If the tagline for the Songwriters Association of Canada is “It All Starts with a Song”, then Jay Semko must have written it. Mr. Semko was our guest for the Regina Regional Writers group of SAC this week; Jay is …
by Scott Anthony Andrews Co-Chairperson of the Regina Regional Writers Group of the Songwriters Association of Canada Summer, a time for reading and reflection. During vacation, I packed my e-reader with books about three songwriters that shaped my youth—and that …
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Week 4: Songwriters Association of Canada Summer 4×4 Challenge: Final Challenge I really enjoyed the SAC 4×4 Challenge, and am soon off on vacation; I will not have access to piano or guitar. So, I really tried to pull something …
Week 3: Songwriters Association of Canada Summer 2016 4×4 Challenge Co-writing on the theme of relationships The Love that Once Lived Here Here is the Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/scottanthonyandrews/loveoncelivedhere-scottanthonyandrews-briansmythmp3 I was pleased to co-write a song with Brian, who has been …
Challenge 2 of the 4X4 SAC Songwriting & Blogging Challenge 2016 Lyrics and Storytelling By Bryan Potvin Challenge: Write a song that tells a story. It can be in any genre. This is a very lyrically driven song that heavily …
Challenge 1 of the 4X4 SAC Songwriting & Blogging Challenge 2016 Great to see so many songwriters back, and awesome to meet so many new ones. I really, really enjoyed the last challenge, SAC 2015. From that Challenge, I recorded …