Author Archives: Doak Turner

Donna Summer passed away this morning. I think back to dancing to her songs, singing along to her songs over the years (only sound like her when I am in the car by myself) and think back to September, 1982. … Continue reading

Thanks to Rand Bishop for the following article on the 3rd Sunday at 3:00. Rand’s column, Makin’ Stuff Up is in every edition of American Songwriter Magazine and this one is in the May/June issue. As competitive as the songwriting/music-publishing … Continue reading

There is a new interview with Peter Buffett, son of Warren Buffett on my site (co-owned with Will Carter)  www.musicstartshere.org Peter Buffett recently released a book, Life Is What You Make It.  You may think with a last name like … Continue reading

From Waylon – “You Got to Care, You’ve got to care about music. You work with other musicians who care and your audience cares, You better care too. Hoss, and if you don’t you shouldn’t be doing it. You better … Continue reading

I just read a great book, Stalking the Red Headed Stranger or How to Get Your Songs into the Hands of the Artists Who Really Matter Through Show Business Trickery, Underhanded Skullduggery, Shrewdness, and Chicanery, as Well as Various Less … Continue reading

This week – March 27-31 is Tin Pan South Week in Nashville – the Greatest songwriters in the world playing in 10 venues and 2 shows a night in each venue! Every songwriter from around the world should attend the … Continue reading

Sunday, March 18th is the 3rd Sunday at 3:00 Nine Year Anniversary – 108 consecutive months – THANK YOU – songwriters, artists and fans of songwriters from Nashville, every state in the US and songwriters from at least a dozen … Continue reading

Today, Friday, March 2nd, 2012 is the two year anniversary of a site that Will Carter and I own, www.musicstartshere.org which contains 300 video segments of professionals in the music business giving advice – designed for people that visit Nashville … Continue reading

Ralph Murphy’s, “Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting” approved this for the blog. Ralph is a legendary songwriter, producer, ASCAP rep and one of the most loved and respected professional in the music business. From Ralph Murphy: The “Murphys Laws of Songwriting” … Continue reading

http://binglishart.com/2012/02/16/music-starts-here/ Beth Inglish just posted on her site a nice article about our site Music Starts Here.org  We celebrate the 2 year anniversary of the site in March. The Nashville Chamber of Commerce (Ralph Schultz and Ron Samuels) asked Will … Continue reading