tunesmith
/ˈtjuːnsmɪθ
/noun informal
A composer of popular music or songs: a superb tribute to this legendary tunesmith...
- Audacious tunesmiths were taking American popular music in exciting new directions.
- In the civil war of the early 1860s, tunesmiths were writing war songs and getting on well.
- For a tunesmith who apparently has a treasure trove of 8 million songs, he is still at the mini-album stage.