Songwriting & Copyright
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Songwriting Part 22 - Protecting Your Next Platinum Single
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
Do you remember the Santana/Rob Thomas radio hit "Smooth"? It won a truckload...
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Songwriting Part 21 - The Realities of Radio Play
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
(Editor's note: We realize that not everyone cares about writing a hit song, and for most people that...
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Songwriting Part 19 - Something Out of Nothing
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
You're sitting there feeling totally uninspired. We all need a kick-start sometimes when we don't feel...
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Songwriting Part 18 - Sometimes, Shorter is Better
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
"Unlike the poet, who by her very nature strives to be inventive and ground breaking, you, the...
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Songwriting Part 17 - Immortality Through Songs
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
"Popular songs, because they are popular, reflect the feeling and spirit of their time. To become...
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Songwriting Part 15 - Melody Mapping
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
I sometimes find a melody being written in my head and don't want to immediately limit it to a major/minor...
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Songwriting Part 20 - The Elusive But Deadly Hook
July 31, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
In the winter of 1997, before either of us had gained any sort of reputation in the music biz, I had...
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Songwriting Part 13 - Experiments in Rhythm
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
In the last issue I addressed the concept of writing lyrics that had a natural rhythmic cadence even when...
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Songwriting Part 12 - Rhyming to Keep Your Lyrics in Time
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
You're a good songwriter, right? But could you be better? This month I will go a little deeper into song...
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Songwriting Part 10 - Tone Layers
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
This installment will attempt to delve a little further into the development of chord and melody. As a...
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