as in composer
a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice
he's both a singer and a songwriter
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Recent Examples of songwriter
Warren Zevon and Salt-N-Pepa will be presented with the Musical Influence Award, while keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye, and Philly soul songwriter-producer Thom Bell will receive the Musical Excellence Awards.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
These policy updates are in response to songwriters and composers increasingly incorporate a variety of AI tools into their creative process and workflow.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The event raised $3 million for cancer research and was held in honor of Gabrielle Rich Aouad, the late daughter of songwriter and foundation co-founder Denise Rich, who passed away from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at 27 years old.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Bart Herbison, executive director of NSAI, said the group is excited that Live Nation is recognizing Nashville songwriters as the backbone of the music community.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
These policy updates are in response to songwriters and composers increasingly incorporate a variety of AI tools into their creative process and workflow.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The event raised $3 million for cancer research and was held in honor of Gabrielle Rich Aouad, the late daughter of songwriter and foundation co-founder Denise Rich, who passed away from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at 27 years old.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Bart Herbison, executive director of NSAI, said the group is excited that Live Nation is recognizing Nashville songwriters as the backbone of the music community.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for songwriter
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Working within restricted space, Lanthimos felt the need to go big with the filmmaking, both with supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Johnnie Burn’s sound design and composer Jerskin Fendrix’s music, which is by far the biggest score in the score-adverse director’s career.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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The musician is currently celebrating the 10th anniversary of her debut album on her Back to Badlands tour, which kicked off last month.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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The honor comes for their musical performances in the Focus Features true-story tale written and directed by Craig Brewer about a pair of down-on-their-luck Milwaukee musicians who form a Neil Diamond tribute band, finding love while following their dreams.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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What's more, the TV special will give fans glimpses of two new original songs created by original musical composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for the sequel.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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The first of the films is Blue Moon, a sweet-and-sour portrait of the lyricist Lorenz Hart (played by Ethan Hawke) melting down at a bar near the tail end of his Broadway career.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Among the honors that were previously announced, Lainey Wilson will get the ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award, while Jessie Jo Dillion will pick up the ACM Songwriter of the Year Award bestowed upon tunesmiths who do not double as recording artists.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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From the November 1946 issue: Handel In all of his work, Handel was among the greatest, most irresistible of tunesmiths.—
Jan Swafford,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2024
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“Songwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songwriter. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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