
Mike's Musings
Musings from our founder Mike Chunn








When I was just a little boy I asked my mirror and the policeman at the pedestrian crossing – what w...

Well here we are and here I am. The year 2025 is poised to roll out with a new raft of specifics: lo...

The imagination plays a critical part in the expansive turn of the ‘how’ in bringing to life the son...

If you are a person who has walked onto a stage at a young age with intentions, they probably draw f...

The face of a songwriting competition/award has changed rather stupendously over the last few decade...

The world has taken time to pay attention to the songs of those who live on planet earth. That’s a s...

There is much to absorb and engage with in the disestablishmentarian quarter of life. Songwriting is...

Kings College invited me and Jordan Luck to be judges at one of their House Music competitions. I fo...

I’ve broached the exciting world of a young songwriter entering one of the Play It Strange songwriti...

Penny sat by the large street-side window of the lounge in her family home and stared outside. It wa...

In 2011 Dame Hinewehi Mohi, came to the office of Play It Strange. Hinewehi was known to us all. She...

I have lived several decades with the writing of songs as the underlying force field. Those songs, w...

The songwriting competition concept was well underway with a national Play It Strange songwriting co...

While Peace Songs flourished on the pop music platform in the late 50s / early 60s there was an inhe...

The Play It Strange songwriting competition running in partnership with Youthtown has run its course...
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