“I don’t think ‘imitation is the highest form of flattery.’ I think it’s annoying.” – Pink on Christina Aguilera’s work with Linda Perry More Pink: Torch Song Elegy, Vol. 4: Pink is the…
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Songwriter’s Forum: Shelly Peiken
Shelly Peiken is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter who is best known for her #1 hits, Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants” and “Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You).” She earned…
Melismania! The Art of Good Singing Has a Terrible Case of the Runs
I recently received a thoughtful email regarding my Stargayzing piece about Christina Aguilera’s musical identity crisis. In addition to expressing strong feelings about the relative aspects of what I perceive as Aguilera’s disappointing artistic trajectory,…
Leon Russell’s A Song For You: When a “Song” Becomes a “Copyright”:
There is a great chance that regardless of your demographic profile you are familiar with Leon Russell’s A Song For You, one of the really towering copyrights of the last 40 years. Aside from…
An Open Letter to Christina Aguilera Exposing the “Dirrty” Secret She Doesn’t Want You to Know
I will never forget the moment you turned to me and asked sincerely “have you ever heard of a singer named Blossom Dearie?” Dear Christina, How I hoped to never have to go public…
Songs That Should Have Been Top-Ten Hits, Vol. 1: or, Has the Beat Killed Melody on American Radio?
Pop music has become as disposable as an mp3 file. There are many terrific things about the Internet, but one of the negative consequences of so much information is that our connection to even…
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