I would like to think that every song written is perfect. But, in the real world, most songs don’t meet these lofty criteria and fail. Why is this and how can we tell when a song isn’t working? A song that doesn’t work is evidenced by when the listener becomes disinterested in listening. They zone […]
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Songs are like children. They take on lives of their own. When they leave the nest, we never know what is going to happen to them. We never know who is going to hear our song, like it or not, get inspired by it or not, or record it or not, and we never know […]
I admit it. I love everything I write. Good or bad, it is amazing to me that ‘out of my head’ a song emerges. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that I created something from nothing, and even more wonderful when I hear a recording of one of my songs for the first time. I’m […]
In Listening To Songs – Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, we explored how to listen for the HOOK, CHORUS, PRE-CHORUS. We talked about hearing these combination of song parts as key to knowing the structure of a song. The remaining part we want to listen for is the BRIDGE. Where does it live and […]
In What Can A Song Do? – Part I, I wrote about a song ‘doing’ ‘a bunch of things’. A song can make you want to sing and dance, it can awaken emotions and focus on particular subjects. But the ultimate power of a song is when it effects mass groups of people to ‘do’ […]
Say you have been listening to a song written by another writer and recognize within it a structure of ABA. Believe it or not, this discovery of an ABA song structure has now become a part of your craft. All you will have to do is use this ABA structure in a song that you […]
In Part 4 of What type of songwriter are you? we will continue to explore the different types of songwriters that you could be. Here’s a quick Song Tip Tuesday review! Part 1 we assumed that for the most part songwriters write songs that come from the heart. The writers who fall into this category […]
In Part 3 of What type of songwriter are you? we will continue to explore the different types of songwriters that you could be. In Part 1 we assumed that for the most part songwriters write songs that come from the heart. The writers who fall into this category are either singer-songwriters or writers who […]
In Part 2 of What type of songwriter are you? we will continue to explore the different types of songwriters that you could be. In Part 1 we assumed that for the most part songwriters write songs that come from the heart. The writers who fall into this category are either singer-songwriters or writers who […]
Okay, you’re a songwriter, but what type of songwriter are you? Are you a: songwriter who writes songs from their heart? songwriter who writes songs on assignment about something? songwriter who writes songs based on popular trends? professional songwriter who has the skill set to write songs that combine the three – from the heart, […]
