Chicago's Jazz scene originated with musicians such as Muggsy Spanier, Jimmy McPartland, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Frank Teschemacher, and Frank Trumbauer. The modern era has produced acts such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Anthony Braxton, Betty Carter, Lionel Hampton, Chico O'Farrill's big band, Jimmy Dawkins, Von Freeman, Johnny Frigo, Slide Hampton, Roy Haynes, and many others. Major musicians from all living eras of jazz perform regularly in the city, release recordings, and tour nationally and internationally.
There are many popular R&B/soul artists from Chicago such as R Kelly, Dave Hollister and Carl Thomas. There are also many Chicago soul labels, including, Vee-Jay, Chess Records, OKeh, ABC-Paramount, One-derful, Brunswick, and Curtom.
In the 70's rock scene, artists such as Chicago, Styx, and Cheap Trick all hail from the Chicago area. In the 80's and 90's bands such as smashing pumpkins help fuel the alternative rock scene. Let's not forget the punk genre. Some of the more famous punk rock bands hailing from Chicago are Naked Raygun, The Effigies, 88 Fingers Louie, Big Black (featuring Steve Albini), and Screeching Weasel.
The Hip Hop of Chicago includes rappers like Kanye West, Twista, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Da Brat, Yung Berg, Soulja Boy and Shawnna. It started to emerge on the scene in 2004 with Kanye West.
Chicago is the music mecca of the Midwest United States and continues to produce great musicians mostly because of the vibrant music scene. Opportunities abound for singer /songwriters wanting to be heard. Due to the sheer number of talented people in the city, is not an easy industry to break into. However, some inside information on the inner workings of the Chicago Music Culture can help aspiring songwriters and performers find their way.
This website is designed to offer many resources to help fill a songwriters needs. This site is loaded down with resources including a thesaurus, idioms, dictionary, helpful links (apartment guides, publishers), Frequently Ask Questions (How do I get my song copyrighted?), Calendar of Events (songwriter nights, local events), an online store ( coming soon!), featured songwriters, a blog, and chat room to help connect you with other local songwriters and musicians.
We vow to stay current and to become a site that you will want to visit over and over again in the future. Of course, in order to become a great resource, we need your help. We hope that you will become active in the forums and submit artists to be profiled on the site along with venues that are friendly to singer-songwriters across the country. Again, welcome to ChicagoSongwriting.com, see you at the top of the charts!!
Chicago's Jazz scene originated with musicians such as Muggsy Spanier, Jimmy McPartland, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Frank Teschemacher, and Frank Trumbauer. The modern era has produced acts such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Anthony Braxton, Betty Carter, Lionel Hampton, Chico O'Farrill's big band, Jimmy Dawkins, Von Freeman, Johnny Frigo, Slide Hampton, Roy Haynes, and many others. Major musicians from all living eras of jazz perform regularly in the city, release recordings, and tour nationally and internationally.
There are many popular R&B/soul artists from Chicago such as R Kelly, Dave Hollister and Carl Thomas. There are also many Chicago soul labels, including, Vee-Jay, Chess Records, OKeh, ABC-Paramount, One-derful, Brunswick, and Curtom.
In the 70's rock scene, artists such as Chicago, Styx, and Cheap Trick all hail from the Chicago area. In the 80's and 90's bands such as smashing pumpkins help fuel the alternative rock scene. Let's not forget the punk genre. Some of the more famous punk rock bands hailing from Chicago are Naked Raygun, The Effigies, 88 Fingers Louie, Big Black (featuring Steve Albini), and Screeching Weasel.
The Hip Hop of Chicago includes rappers like Kanye West, Twista, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Da Brat, Yung Berg, Soulja Boy and Shawnna. It started to emerge on the scene in 2004 with Kanye West.
Chicago is the music mecca of the Midwest United States and continues to produce great musicians mostly because of the vibrant music scene. Opportunities abound for singer /songwriters wanting to be heard. Due to the sheer number of talented people in the city, is not an easy industry to break into. However, some inside information on the inner workings of the Chicago Music Culture can help aspiring songwriters and performers find their way.
This website is designed to offer many resources to help fill a songwriters needs. This site is loaded down with resources including a thesaurus, idioms, dictionary, helpful links (apartment guides, publishers), Frequently Ask Questions (How do I get my song copyrighted?), Calendar of Events (songwriter nights, local events), an online store ( coming soon!), featured songwriters, a blog, and chat room to help connect you with other local songwriters and musicians.
We vow to stay current and to become a site that you will want to visit over and over again in the future. Of course, in order to become a great resource, we need your help. We hope that you will become active in the forums and submit artists to be profiled on the site along with venues that are friendly to singer-songwriters across the country. Again, welcome to ChicagoSongwriting.com, see you at the top of the charts!!
