Great of you to drop in...
I live in the world of words.
I’m a career lyricist, fortunate enough to
have worked with truly talented composers,
producers and wonderful artists.
photo: Patricia Steur
photo: Patricia Steur
Great of you to drop in
I live in the world of words.
I’m a career lyricist, fortunate enough to have worked with truly talented composers, producers and wonderful artists.
Songwriting
I’ve always been a mellow collaborator – whether I’m working on rock (which I totally love writing!), alternative, pop, country (spent lots of time in Nashville learning at the feet of some greats!), R&B, film and TV.
….. And nothing is more stimulating than when a new project falls from the sky!
Re-imagining
I feel rewriting is part of the process, and I’ve never been afraid to let go of something I like, and find something better.
Just because I think I wrote something wonderful, it may not be the something wonderful “that” moment of “that” project needs.
So I keep re-imagining.
The Process
I live by the credo that “The Process is the Purpose.”
I have another credo that I live by:
The art of collaboration is
to allow your collaborator to be brilliant!
Songwriting
I’ve always been a mellow collaborator – whether I’m working on rock (which I totally love writing!), alternative, pop, country (spent lots of time in Nashville learning at the feet of some greats!), R&B, film and TV.
….. And nothing is more stimulating than when a new project falls from the sky!
Re-imagining
I feel rewriting is part of the process, and have I’ve never been afraid to let go of something I like, and find something better.
Just because I think I wrote something wonderful, it may not be the something wonderful “that” moment of “that” project needs.
So I keep re-imagining.
The Process
I live by the credo that “The Process is the Purpose.”
I have another credo that I live by:
The art of collaboration is to allow your collaborator to be brilliant!
Grammy Nominated Songwriter Pamela Phillips Oland:
“Let’s start a movement of mentoring children, so that no child would be without a mentor”
As a part of our series about rising music stars, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing triple Grammy nominated songwriter Pamela Phillips Oland, co-writer of “ONE WORLD,” the new “We Are the World” style charity anthem for the global pandemic and racial justice, currently bulleting up the Billboard Mainstream Adult Contemporary Chart. Watch the music video and donate for a free song download at www.oneworldoursong.com.
Steve Cuden, writer of nearly ninety teleplays for many familiar TV series,
interviews
Pamela Phillips-Oland
qWaqq founder Jud Friedman
talks with hit songwriter
Pamela Phillips-Oland
Jud Friedman founded the songwriter streaming site www.qwaqq.com
Soldier of Orange Opening in London!
Soldier of Orange – The Musical, the acclaimed historical Dutch theatre experience staged in a revolutionary 360-degree ‘surround set’ – has found an ideal location in London’s Royal Docks, opposite London’s City Airport.
Opening has been postponed as a result of COVID-19. News will be updated as it comes!
"SOLDIER OF ORANGE" - The Musical
Lyricist & Co-Creator Pamela Phillips Oland
* The longest running show in Dutch theatrical history
* 2,800+ performances, over 3,200,000 tickets sold
* 12 years of sold-out performances
* Soldier of Orange Amsterdam re-opened to a socially-distanced limited capacity audience on September 2, 2020, and to normal seating in March 2022
* Nominated for Best Musical in the 2019 Dutch Music Awards
A Life in Song
It's All About The Words
Defying categorization, the 3x-Grammy-nominated Oland writes pop, R&B, rock, country, jazz, kids and theater songs, with the same ease of inspiration
We all run into the same issues and hurdles.
Solving them is all in how you look at them!
Do you know how to turn a good idea into a great lyric?
I’ve always loved helping Songwriters find their Muse.
My own study of the Songwriting art and craft inspires keen Lyric Evaluations & Songwriting Consultations
I think conducting seminars is very much give and take. Writers open up, and I share a mountain of tips, tricks and secrets of songwriting
Book Review
The Art of Writing
LOVE SONGS
A Book Every Human Being
Should Be Forced to Read
As a guy with a graduate degree in psychology from Harvard and published scientific research, and as a songwriter affiliated with the Nashville Songwriters Association (and an author too) I picked up this book for some “tips.”
But then, I found myself absolutely blown away. This is a book every human being in the world should be forced to read, songwriter or not.
The insights into love, self-esteem, psychology, personal growth and personal development, the mystery of life, staying true to yourself–and becoming happier though writing and self analysis–are remarkable.
What Pamela shows is a path to learning how to love more deeply–to love others more deeply, to love yourself more deeply, and to be loved more deeply by others in return.
Using this information to write great love songs (as Pamela has) is just icing on the cake. But even if you don’t write songs, this book might change your whole life–its lessons on setting boundaries, nurturing your inner strengths, staying true to yourself and experiencing true joy and a sense of triumph in life simply blew me away. And I read a lot of books. Thousands.
This will remain forever as one of my favorite books of all time. I highly recommend this slender, brilliant and perhaps divinely inspired volume. It definitely gave me goose bumps–perhaps from on high.
If you are a songwriter and you don’t read this book, you will miss a lot of important information that could land you on the charts.
But even if you are simply a human being, you might find yourself living a life with a lot more love in it, if you buy this remarkable little book and spend an afternoon, or a month, or a year with it–letting it sink it to every cell of your brain and every fiber of your soul.
–David Snyder, NC Regional Coordinator, Nashville Songwriter’s Association International (NSAI), ASCAP Member
Author, How to Mind Read Your Customers and How to Hire a Champion CEO, Snyder, Inc.
* My apologies that this book is currently in short supply and awaiting reprinting. – Pamela
A Life in Song
It's All About The Words
Defying categorization, the 3x-Grammy-nominated Oland writes pop, R&B, rock, country, jazz, kids and theater songs, with the same ease of inspiration
We all run into the same issues and hurdles.
Solving them is all in how you look at them!
Do you know how to turn a good idea into a great lyric?
Sometimes a songwriter needs a little help to find his or her Muse. Every lyric evaluation offers clarity and insights that can be invaluable tools going forward
Done—Doing—Will Do …in this career I love
Book Review
The Art of Writing
LOVE SONGS
A Book Every Human Being
Should Be Forced to Read
As a guy with a graduate degree in psychology from Harvard and published scientific research, and as a songwriter affiliated with the Nashville Songwriters Association (and an author too) I picked up this book for some “tips.”
But then, I found myself absolutely blown away. This is a book every human being in the world should be forced to read, songwriter or not.
The insights into love, self-esteem, psychology, personal growth and personal development, the mystery of life, staying true to yourself–and becoming happier though writing and self analysis–are remarkable.
What Pamela shows is a path to learning how to love more deeply–to love others more deeply, to love yourself more deeply, and to be loved more deeply by others in return.
Using this information to write great love songs (as Pamela has) is just icing on the cake. But even if you don’t write songs, this book might change your whole life–its lessons on setting boundaries, nurturing your inner strengths, staying true to yourself and experiencing true joy and a sense of triumph in life simply blew me away. And I read a lot of books. Thousands.
This will remain forever as one of my favorite books of all time. I highly recommend this slender, brilliant and perhaps divinely inspired volume. It definitely gave me goose bumps–perhaps from on high.
If you are a songwriter and you don’t read this book, you will miss a lot of important information that could land you on the charts.
But even if you are simply a human being, you might find yourself living a life with a lot more love in it, if you buy this remarkable little book and spend an afternoon, or a month, or a year with it–letting it sink it to every cell of your brain and every fiber of your soul.
–David Snyder, NC Regional Coordinator, Nashville Songwriter’s Association International (NSAI), ASCAP Member
Author, How to Mind Read Your Customers and How to Hire a Champion CEO, Snyder, Inc.