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The Tendencies of Commercial Pop
Aiming to match any genre of music when we write is often a great way to kill a song. While genre can describe what is working within a group of sounds, chords, production, melody and lyric, it doesn’t tell us what makes an individual song, or artist, unique.
Think Like a Producer: A Guide to Keeping Your Song’s Soul Intact
One of the best things we can do to grow as songwriters is record our own songs. Now that doesn’t mean that we’re recording in isolation, playing all the parts, or even producing our own project. It means that recording completes the creative cycle of writing, recording, releasing, and sharing.
Simple Tools to Write from a Title
When we start with the title, we are starting with the main message. The title typically falls in the chorus, is usually in the power positions of the first, last, and even the middle line of the chorus section, and may be repeated several times. Titles that are sensory, meaning they involve a specific image such as when a noun and verb are combined, can sometimes be easier to develop into a song than titles that are more general.