“A supremely gifted performing songwriter”
– Performing Songwriter
New York-based recording artist, writer, and lecturing professor Mike Errico has built his name on the strength of critically acclaimed releases and extensive composition for film and TV. He teaches songwriting at universities including Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. He was nominated for 2019’s David Payne-Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching, and taught the 2022 GRAMMY® Museum’s inaugural Summer Sessions in New York City.
In addition to his performing and teaching careers, Errico’s opinions and insights have appeared in publications including The New York Times, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and many others.
Music, Lyrics, and Life (Backbeat) is his first book.
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LINKS TO MUSIC:
Bandcamp | Pandora | iTunes | Spotify
LINKS TO PURCHASE MUSIC, LYRICS, AND LIFE: A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCING SONGWRITER:
Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads | Books Are Magic
PRESS FOR MUSIC, LYRICS, AND LIFE: A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE ADVANCING SONGWRITER
TV:
Cameo on Billions (Showtime)
http://errico.com/mike-on-billions-showtime/
Features:
– Literary Hub, “George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting”
https://lithub.com/george-saunders-on-his-first-love-songwriting/
– Entrepreneur, “Inside Fender’s Plan to Rock the Guitar Industry With New Hits and Classics”
– Smithsonian, “What Pop Stars and Actual Stars Have in Common”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-songs-and-galaxies-both-repeat-180980721/
– American Songwriter, “Jay Joyce and the Power of Mistakes”
https://americansongwriter.com/songwriter-u-jay-joyce-and-the-power-of-mistakes/
– Music Connection: “Artist to Artist: Write a Mission Song”
https://www.musicconnection.com/artist-to-artist-write-a-mission-song/
– ASCAP.com: “What the Brain Likes”
https://www.ascap.com/help/career-development/mike-errico-what-the-brain-likes
– American Songwriter, “5 Gems from the A&R Department”
https://americansongwriter.com/songwriter-u-five-gems-from-the-ar-department/
– Yale Daily News: Artist Profile
– Music Connection: “What Writer’s Block Isn’t…and What It Really Is”
https://www.musicconnection.com/artist-to-artist-what-writers-block-isnt-and-what-it-really-is/
– American Songwriter: “Why You Need a Mission Song”
https://americansongwriter.com/songwriter-u-why-you-need-a-mission-song/
– Music Connection: “How to Tell if Your Song Is Finished”
https://www.musicconnection.com/tip-jar-how-to-tell-if-your-song-is-finished/
– NME: Rock band to release 1,000-track album of 30-second songs to protest Spotify royalty rate
– SonicScoop, “Songwriters: Meet Your Field Guide”
https://sonicscoop.com/2022/01/03/songwriters-meet-your-field-guide/
– Largehearted Boy: Music, Lyrics, and Life playlist
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2021/11/mike_erricos_pl.html
– NYU News: Artist Profile
https://nyunews.com/arts/music/2021/11/08/mike-errico-music-lyrics-and-life/
– Mixologist Lindsay Merbaum creates custom cocktail for Music, Lyrics, and Life:
http://errico.com/the-official-cocktail-of-music-lyrics-and-life-with-recipe/
– Songfacts: Mission Songs
https://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/mission-statement-songs
Podcasts:
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF PODCASTS FEATURING MIKE ERRICO
– All of It with Alison Stewart on WNYC/NPR
https://www.wnyc.org/story/mike-erricos-music-lyrics-and-life-field-guide-advancing-songwriter
– Music Books in Process interview with author and New Yorker staff writer Burkhard Bilger
– What’s in a Song with Scarlet Keys
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0iuYAwHJeNMYlzcW6r1Spn?si=69be4206673547a5
– Media Industry Guru, with Forbs West
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JSpymxuuwjGficndNPmVP?si=85c1d42840664b17
– New Books Network: Pop Culture Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/03DeCzdJMOLZsFt8EKLYYl?si=e7d97c22615f43c2
– Thinking Outside the Blocks Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHu3hmZ8AQ
– The Profitable Musician with Bree Noble
https://profitablemusician.com/how-to-succeed-in-the-business-of-songwriting-with-mike-errico
– Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight
https://newbooksnetwork.com/music-lyrics-and-life
– Music Matters with Jason Tramm
– The Musician’s Venture podcast
https://musicians-venture.captivate.fm/episode/mike-errico-finding-the-flow-in-songwriting/
-Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FeN8IWjbnVqsi6Pa8dmfs?si=d43dae6ba56f4c7d
– Entrepreneur magazine’s Get a Real Job with guest Emily White
– Break the Business with Ryan Kairalla (re-broadcast on Sirius ch.145)
– Hey Human with Susan Ruth
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-human-podcast/id1134101582?i=1000555097059
– Mindful Warrior with Kami Craig
– The Record Player: On Sparklehorse, with Jeff Ito and Matt Wardlaw
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1868553/10039588-sparklehorse-vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot-1995
–The Writer Shed: How to Write a Song
https://thewritershed.buzzsprout.com/
– The Record Player (excerpt)
– American Songwriter: The Zak Kuhn Show
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YqHvccd1oOj18bPaEBzFA?si=1beb0ffabeef4e63
– 80/20 podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MUh5dtTfZqznx860vPipx?si=14172f0383dd4fdc
– Entrepreneur magazine’s “Get a Real Job” podcast with Dan Bova
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-a-real-job/id1495098982?i=1000542071640
– Song Exploder podcast endorsement of Music, Lyrics, and Life
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXoGQX6L0R_/
– Third Story Podcast with Leo Sidran
http://www.third-story.com/listen/mikeerrico
– Booked on Rock podcast with Eric Senich
https://www.spreaker.com/user/discoveryeric/episode-40-mike-errico-music-lyrics-and-
– StoreyTime podcast with Stephanie Storey
– Write About Now podcast with Jonathan Small
https://writeaboutnowmedia.com/podcast/2021/11/30/how-to-unlock-your-creativity
– The Commentary podcast with Joseph Planta
Radio:
– Sirius XM Q&A w/Eric Alper (available on the Sirius app)
– Sirius XM “Debatable,” with Alan Light, Mark Goodman (available on the Sirius app)
https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/volume
– Sirius XM, “Feedback” with Nik Carter, Lori Majewski (available on the Sirius app)
https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/volume
– Write On! Radio, KFAI, Minneapolis
https://www.kfai.org/program/writeonradio/
-KBAC, Santa Fe, NM
https://post.futurimedia.com/kbac/playlist/listen-578.html
Events:
-Mike Errico Tapped to Teach GRAMMY® Museum’s Inaugural NYC Songwriting Sessions for the Recording Academy
https://www.musicconnection.com/mike-errico-tapped-to-teach-grammy-museums-nyc-songwriting-sessions/
Video diary of the sessions: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf5R1kggV9H/
– Virginia Festival of the Book
https://www.vabook.org/2022/03/14/music-lyrics-and-life-a-songwriting-workshop-with-mike-errico/
Andrea Stolpe Songwriting Retreat
https://www.andreastolpe.com/new-york-songwriting-retreat
– Played the Mike Errico Annual Holiday Show/Book Release Party, full set is on IG
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXVMhr0o7to/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
– Brooklyn Writers Space Reading Series, 12/7, 7p
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-writers-space-reading-series-december-tickets-220111969827