tunesmith

noun

tune·​smith ˈtün-ˌsmith How to pronounce tunesmith (audio)
ˈtyün-
: a composer especially of popular songs

Examples of tunesmith in a Sentence

a British tunesmith whose songs were equally popular in America
Recent Examples on the Web Anna’s debut album, Breakup Over Breakfast, will be released July 19 on Warner Music Nashville, and seems aimed to heightening Anna’s promise as a towering, soul-baring tunesmith. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 July 2024 Here, captured in separate interviews, Cash, Ferguson and Stuart offer a history of the project, from 1993 to now, along with thoughts about Johnny Cash’s legacy as a tunesmith. Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024 Music veteran Richard Stumpf has launched Hawkeye Music Publishing, an independent banner that aims to help tunesmiths navigate the maze of copyright concerns among an ever-increasing number of digital platforms. William Earl, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024 His star rose significantly, his personal life blossomed, too, and now he’s widely regarded as his era’s greatest tunesmith. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023 Emmy’s 550-member music peer group ignored the original songs entered by Dolly Parton, David Byrne, Steve Martin, Kid Cudi, Donald Glover and Lainey Wilson, as well as those from such Oscar-winning tunesmiths as Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Jon Burlingame, Variety, 12 July 2023 In-house tunesmith Daringer carries the LP with beats that seem half-finished but never feel that way, many without drums at all. Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023 The fact that the names for Earth’s satellite and for the current month happen to rhyme has not gone unnoticed by the tunesmiths. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023 The Nashville-via-Muscle Shoals tunesmith started out as an overweight outcast in rural Alabama. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tunesmith was in 1926

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“Tunesmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tunesmith. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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