Songwriting & Copyright
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Songwriting Part 9 - Accessible Songwriting
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
"Ben...you are not a good songwriter." I could not believe my ears. By this time in my career,...
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Songwriting Part 8 - 3 Chords and the Truth
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
I’ve been focusing mostly on lyric writing, neglecting the poor little chord progression which is...
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Songwriting Part 7 - The Songwriter Demo
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
There are three basic steps to getting your song into the marketplace. 1) The song is...
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Songwriting Part 6 - Co-Writing
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
"…in any collaboration, (when) you start trying to write and that little voice in your head...
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Songwriting Part 4 - Keeping Your Songs on Track
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
Someone said that for every 100 songs you write, you get one good one. More fittingly, the first 100...
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Songwriting Part 3 - The Anatomy of a Song
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
1) The Title Identifiable and memorable. Usually defined by a word or phrase that...
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Songwriting Part 2 - Speak Softly, & Carry a Big Metaphor
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
This part of Songwriting will discuss some of the nuts and bolts of lyric writing - i.e., language tools....
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Songwriting Part 1 - Whipping the Muse
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
“I've been around way too long to let anything go to my head. This is just the music...
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Songwriting Part 11 - Getting/Giving a Song Critique
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
Everyone’s a critic! To me, the difference between a bad critic and a good critiquer is whether...
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Songwriting Part 5 - Honing Through Rewriting
July 30, 2009 in Songwriting & Copyright
Okay! So far we've covered… Whipping the Muse (finding...
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