Lauren Boisvert
Writer and Content Creator at Freelance
Writer at American Songwriter
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2 weeks ago |
americansongwriter.com | Lauren Boisvert
The 1975 film Rancho Deluxe features a soundtrack by an artist you probably wouldn’t expect to write a Montana ranch album. Jimmy Buffett wrote and performed the music for the neo-western comedy, considered to be Buffett’s sixth album. Initially, the album was released exclusively for the film. Later, is was re-released on several MGM labels.
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americansongwriter.com | Lauren Boisvert
Leaked albums are nothing new. Where there’s an intersection of music and the internet, there are going to be some albums that slip through the cracks. Especially in the early 2000s when piracy was all the rage. Here are three iconic albums that were leaked before their release date. In 2005, a week before Coldplay‘s album X&Y was scheduled to release, the entire album was leaked on the internet. Allegedly, the leak occurred after copies of the album were sent to U.K. radio stations.
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americansongwriter.com | Lauren Boisvert
Christopher Lee was known for his distinctive voice and penchant for playing villains, but there was much more to him than Dracula or Saruman. For example, he was also really into heavy metal. On May 27, 2012, his 90th birthday, Lee announced his newest heavy metal single, “Let Legend Mark Me As The King”. His fourth album, Charlemagne: The Omens Of Death, was released on the same day in 2013. The Omens Of Death was the sequel to his first metal album, Charlemagne: By The Sword And The Cross.
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americansongwriter.com | Lauren Boisvert
With scientific breakthroughs happening all the time, music is certainly not left out. Studies about music and its effects have been conducted for a long time, and we’re constantly learning new things. Here are just a few studies that have made interesting musical discoveries. A study from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, published in April 2025, posited that there could be a potential link between genetics and our enjoyment of music.
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americansongwriter.com | Lauren Boisvert
Are you feeling algorithm burnout from your music streaming platforms? Wondering where all the new music has gone? Technically, it hasn’t gone anywhere, but it’s getting harder and harder to find because of the algorithms. Enter Music League. Music League is an app that’s taking the algorithm out of music discovery and giving it back to the listeners. That is, it’s making music discovery and playlist building organic again.
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