Peter Burditt

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Peter Burditt

Country music and California haven’t necessarily been branded to go together like peas and carrots. However, if you can get beyond that surface-level label, you might just discover a lot of great country and Americana music from the West Coast. Some of the more notable country music acts in the last century are from California, in fact. Their style just makes it sound like they’re from Tennessee. Georgia, Alabama, Kansas, or Alaska… who cares where a country musician is from?

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Peter Burditt

American Idol, The Voice, The X Factor, and so many other singing competition shows have gifted musicians their big breaks. However, in reality, many of the singing competition winners who stole these shows still had a long road ahead, considering a win doesn’t mean instantaneous fame. Given that winning a singing competition doesn’t guarantee success, it is impressive to see the winners of a show carry their momentum onto their next musical endeavor.

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Peter Burditt

So many artists and musicians want to be famous. Frankly, who doesn’t? The lights, attention, privileges, and everything else that comes with fame are so appealing to the Average Joe. However, as many already know, fame comes with quite a cost and a dark side that many celebrities have difficulty dealing with. Given that this treatment and its effects do not discriminate, it touches nearly every celebrity. It definitely got under Ed Sheeran‘s skin, too.

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Peter Burditt

Some musicians do their best work alone. On the other hand, some artists do their best work in groups. Concerning the latter, collaborative work has flooded and continues to flood the genre of country music. As of late, collaborations have become a staple industry tactic and a somewhat definitive way of scoring astounding success. That being said, several artists have made albums almost solely comprised of collaborative singles.

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Peter Burditt

According to fan theories and comments from the members themselves, Paul McCartney was the premier creative leader of The Beatles. Now, that title has seemingly entailed a lot of controversy among fans and critics. Regardless, having McCartney allegedly at the reins worked, and we don’t need to spell out how. Particularly, it worked well on The Beatles’ larger-than-life single, “Hey Jude”. Released in 1968, “Hey Jude” is a song that depicts the epic magnitude of The Beatles’ monumental career.