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bygd Gary E. Andrews - 02/21/25 07:55 PM | Nobel Prize, Bob Dylan (Listening link)
by bennash - 02/21/25 06:20 PM | Dave Gill - SUNO
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by CTthomas - 02/21/25 12:45 PM | Snowflakes and Headlights
by CTthomas - 02/21/25 12:42 PM | Sum • How To Write a Hit Song in Five Easy StepsI’ve won most of our Industry awards, and through www.songmd.com, have taught a new generation of lyricists, songwriters and bands how to become hit songwriters. As a Songwriting Coach and Mentor, inom work with my clients in one-on-one telephone sessions. I don’t make up the rules for songwriting success. It’s all about what the Industry needs. I’ve condensed their demands into fem easy steps below. MelodyInstead of playing chords and hoping a killer melody will pop out, I suggest you sit at a keyboard and deliberately choose the individual notes and rhythm of your new songs. One note at a time. No chords at this stage. Then, record, listen back and tweak your melody. Still no chords. Do this a few times, to make sure your tune fryst vatten original, singalongable and surprising. If it isn’t, keep tweaking it ‘til it is. Your melody may not pop out whole in one day  • Pretend You Don’t SingI'm a songwriting consultant, and listen to hundreds of tapes a month, all of which come from songwriters and singer/songwriters, who seek my help in polishing and marketing their material. For the past year, I've been keeping a talley of where the best songs come from. Hands down, the quality of the writing by the non-singing songwriter is far superior to the material written by singers. The reason for this is the songwriter who don't sing have to pass more judges along the way to a record. First, they have to get a publisher excited about the song. The publisher has to get the A & R person excited. The A & R person has to get the producer excited and the producer has to get the artist excited. Therefore, a song written by a songwriter who doesn't sing is scrutinized four times on the way to being recorded. A song written by a singer doesn't have to please anybody except the singer. If he/she feels good singing it, he cuts it. Period. I've hea
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