5 Easy Steps To Writing Great Verses
How can we make songwriting easier? Change your perspective before you start writing! Songs are really just scenes strung together – so just write those! If you break your…
Author: shibes
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Direct Address Explained
What Is Direct Address? Also called second person, direct address is about a direct conversation between the “I” and some second person or “you.” The pronouns associated with second…
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4 Steps To Connect Song Scenes
You have to connect your song scenes if you want a listener to follow what it is you’re trying to say. This can sometimes be harder than it sounds….
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Song Plots You Need To Know
If you listen to any genre, you’ve heard them – the three primary song plots. You’ll notice they increase in complexity as you move from Attitude/Emotion to Situation to…
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What Is Point of View?
Point of view, or POV, gives your song a starting point for it’s perspective. Perspective is a nuance of point of view. An example of POV + perspective is:…
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What Is A Simile?
A simile is a type of “figurative language” used in creating imagery. Wait . . . figurative language and imagery aren’t the same thing? So what is imagery? Put…
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Best Metaphor Song Ever
Not only is A Thousand Horses‘ debut single “Smoke” a great sounding song, but it is the poster child for how to use a metaphor, making it the best…
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What Is A Metaphor?
A metaphor is a type of “figurative language” used in imagery. It’s best used to make a connection between things your listener can easily identify with quickly. The first…
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Writing Lyrics: Allusion Exercise
Find the Allusions Around You One of the best ways to pull a new technique or concept into your songwriting is do a lyric allusion exercise. For this one,…
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6 Allusion Examples
While it’s one thing to know what an allusion is, applying it to your songwriting is easier to grasp if you can study songs using allusion well. By understanding…
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What Is Allusion?
You probably see or hear an allusion in use a couple of times a day, but do you use it in your songwriting? Have you had a moment when…
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5 Personification Examples
I thought I’d put together 5 personification examples to underscore just how powerful well-written personification songs can be.. It’s the act of giving inanimate objects or abstract concepts animate…
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Best Personification Song Ever
Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “I Am A Town” is not only the most ambitious, but as a result, turns into the best personification song ever written. The whole song is…
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Personification In Songs
What is personification? Personification is the endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. Caution is recommended to not over-endow an object or concept with living…
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Songwriting Glossary
Songwriting Glossary For Songwriters A songwriter glossary of common terms you’ll be using as you learn how to write songs can be extremely helpful. And, knowing what specific songwriting…
