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How To Write A Love Song (The Ultimate Guide)

How To Write A Love Song (The Ultimate Guide)

To write a captivating love song, start by choosing an emotional theme and draw inspiration from personal experiences. Remember to focus on crafting a memorable title, and hook, and matching the music to your song's mood. This is a step-by-step process on how to approach writing a love song. Some of the advice in ...

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105 Songwriting Prompts To Get Your Creativity Flowing

105 Songwriting Prompts To Get Your Creativity Flowing

Songwriting is a creative process that can be both rewarding and challenging. It requires a combination of skill, imagination, and inspiration to craft a song that resonates with listeners. Even the most prolific songwriters get writer’s block, so using prompts can help. Everyone hits a bump in the road when it ...

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The Top 50 Topics To Rap About

The Top 50 Topics To Rap About

Rap music is an expressive art form that has captivated the world. It is a great way to express yourself in so many ways. It can be used to share your thoughts and feelings, while it’s also a great tool to challenge the status quo. But, as history has shown us, true stories and feelings always captivate listeners ...

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10 of the Top Songwriting Contests To Enter (2024)

10 of the Top Songwriting Contests To Enter (2024)

Planning to enter a songwriting contest? There are a lot of competitions out there for songwriters - more than you might think! The hard part can be finding the right one for you, depending on where you live, and if it suits your preference. From big-name events like the American Songwriter Lyric Contest to more ...

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Should You Write Lyrics or Music First?

Should You Write Lyrics or Music First?

Most songwriters start with the music first and then incorporate the lyrics. It makes sense because music listeners tend to prioritize the melody, groove, and timbre over the lyrics. However, writing the lyrics first can be a fascinating exercise, especially for mid to high-level composers. If you're trying to ...

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100 Topics to Write Songs About

100 Topics to Write Songs About

There are many different ways to go about writing a song, but, the most important thing is that you have to start with a topic. A Topic can be something as innocent as love to something as dark as hate. The topic should inspire and motivate you in order for the piece of music to come out correctly. This is a list ...

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How to Write a Song from the Heart (10 Tips)

How to Write a Song from the Heart (10 Tips)

When a song is written from the heart and with artistic integrity it has the power to change lives and become a part of history. No matter what genre of music you enjoy making or listening to, a song that comes from the heart is a song that can achieve greatness. So if you are looking to elevate your songwriting ...

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15 Great Tips for Writing Better Lyrics

15 Great Tips for Writing Better Lyrics

When it comes to listening to music, there are two kinds of people: those who listen to the lyrics and those who don’t. No matter what genre of music you make or enjoy listening to, lyrics play an important part in building the mood and telling a story. For some lyric writing comes naturally, while others may ...

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How to Arrange a Song in 7 Steps

How to Arrange a Song in 7 Steps

Song arrangement is about taking a musical idea and organizing it to create a song that flows from start to finish. Arrangements should have a cohesive structure, divided by recognizable sections. Choosing the instruments that make up a song (voicing) is also an important part of song arrangement. What is the ...

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What is an Interlude in Music? (Meaning and Purpose)

What is an Interlude in Music? (Meaning and Purpose)

An interlude is an instrumental passage that connects different parts of the song. Interludes generally do not have a fixed length and some artists may even use interludes to transition from one song to another in an album. Although there is no singular definition for an “interlude” in music, artists have often ...

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What is a Breakdown in Music?

What is a Breakdown in Music?

A breakdown is a section of a song in which several instruments have solo parts. In music, breakdowns are used for slowing down a theme, building tension, adding variety, and returning to the main verse or chorus in a climactic way.All music genres can have breakdowns, but they're mostly associated with electronic ...

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What Makes a Song Catchy?

What Makes a Song Catchy?

“Catchy” songs are often carefully crafted to have that effect on listeners. Using mathematical formulae and human psychology, earworms are made with a lot of thought and intent behind them. What makes a song catchy? Is it mere artistic expression or is there a whole lot more to it? Here is an attempt to break ...

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