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According to Dave Stewart it has been "a close tie" but he has now chosen which is the best song submitted in his Twitter contest in which he asked to write lyrics and melody to a backing track the put up for download (original news post). The choice in his "Twitter song contest [is] based on lyrics and melody" and he "will record the winning song" which was written by ... "OK phew it was hard , the winner is … more

It was 13 days ago that Dave Stewart launched a songwriting contest on Twitter in which he asked the world to write a melody and lyrics to a backing track he provided (read the original post here). More than a dozen entries arrived via YouTube so far covering a wide range of topics and melodies (Remember: It's not about the video nor recording quality, it's about the beauty of the melody and the lyrics!). … more

Dave Stewart started working on a new solo album. This time it's an acoustic one and he's working on it with violinist Ann Marie Calhoun. As he is writing the songs spontaneously, he is going to share "little candid" mini movies from the songwriting sessions via Twitter like the one below again and again "the song always comes thru me in one take" so "hopefully you will see the process as it was captured in … more