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    Rhyme Patterns

    shibes February 24, 2024December 30, 2025

    Understanding rhyme patterns is one of the best ways to increase your songwriting ability. What Are Rhyme Patterns To me, rhyme is one of the fundamental building blocks, or…

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    Kacey Musgraves ‘Merry Go Round’

    shibes February 24, 2024December 30, 2025

    Kacey Musgraves, along with Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally, uses the play on words in ‘Merry Go Round’ bring the images and the story of “a life” from a…

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    Songwriting Glossary

    shibes February 19, 2024December 30, 2025

    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…

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  • Writing Lyrics

    6 Allusion Examples

    shibes February 19, 2024December 30, 2025

    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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  • Understanding Perspective
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    Understanding Perspective

    shibes February 22, 2024December 31, 2025

    Perspective is the voice of the speaker, informed by their beliefs, upbringing, cultural heritage and most importantly for a song, how they’re taking in the situation.  Are they thinking…

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    What Is A Metaphor?

    shibes February 20, 2024December 30, 2025

    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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