MASTER COMPOSITION/SONGWRITING CLASS WITH FELLOW SONGWRITER JEREMY MESSERSMITH TO BE WEBCAST FROM 3:00-5:00 P.M. Artist- In-Residency precedes Wilson's Home Town Tour 2009, September 22-25 ST. PAUL, MINN., — September 9, 2009 — Hooks, bridges, lyrics, collaborations, royalty rates, riders and a host of other musical, technical and business issues...
About June 1998 I visit my parents home briefly during the whirlwind that was ??The Way??...Dad: I was going through a copy of Billboard the other day...Me: What in thee hell were ??you?? doing with a copy of Billboard?!Dad: I like to see how "the single" is doing.Me: You mean ??The Way??? So how's it doing?Dad: Well, it looks like ??Closing Time?? is closing in on ??The Way??!...and so it was...
I was psyched to hear that Dan Wilson's first solo album was out. It's called "Free Life," and I haven't heard it yet. Have you?I wasn't all that moved by his work with Semisonic, but he seems to have the Midas touch with so many others -- great records by Glen Phillips (Winter Pays for Summer), Mike Doughty (Haughty Melodic), and of course the Dixie Chicks, with whom he co-wrote this amazing s...
My first post here will be a hopeful one.2008 has been a rough year all around - globally, nationally, locally. But I see lots of reasons for hope and I hope you do too.This song is by Dan Wilson. Literally the sum total of what I know about Dan Wilson is this:He was in Semisonic. "Closing Time" was their big hit. They had another cool song called "All About Chemistry." I'm surprised as I ...
MASTER COMPOSITION/SONGWRITING CLASS WITH FELLOW SONGWRITER JEREMY MESSERSMITH TO BE WEBCAST FROM 3:00-5:00 P.M. Artist- In-Residency precedes Wilson's Home Town Tour 2009, September 22-25 ST. PAUL, MINN., — September 9, 2009 — Hooks, bridges, lyrics, collaborations, royalty rates, riders and a host of other musical, technical and business issues...