Release Your Song
Jeff “H” Harrington, Matthew Joel VanderkwaakEverything about writing and releasing songs.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 28 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Songwriter Circle
The next Songwriter Circle will start Saturday, July 25th!
Note: this will be another email-based Songwriter Circle, but I will most likely host a Zoom-based one again on a weekend at some point.
Release Your Song is a reader-supported p...
Interview: Lisa Marie Simmons on Afrofuturism, Jazz, and Conquering Stage Fright
Lisa Marie Simmons has lived a fascinating life.
As a singer and songwriter, she’s performed her jazz-influenced music all over the world, including the U.S., France, India, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, and her current home, Italy.
Do...
Words and Songs, Summer 2026
Welcome to the first issue of Words and Songs magazine!
Words and Songs will be released quarterly, and will contain the season’s best song journals. Fresh picked!
song journal (sông jûr’nl), n. A song that is accompanied by words....
How Busy People Make Art (Part 2)
Note: In Part 1 of this series, I interviewed Matthew Joel Vanderkwaak, a busy parent with a full-time job who still managed to release a song each month in 2025.
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How Lucinda Williams Recorded "World Without Tears"
The swampy opulence of her deepest album
Lucinda Williams entered the studio bawling. The entire length of her brand-new Ford pickup had been scratched by a gate.
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Music, creativity, and how to release music on Substack.
Matthew Joel Vanderkwaak stopped trying to quit music. He checks Substack on Tuesdays.
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